Where does “tác giả” come from?
tác giả (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 作 — to do, to work.
tác giả (Vietnamese): author
Definitions
- author
Ancestry of “tác giả”, step by step
tác giả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 作
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 作 | to do, to work |
via Japanese 作者
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 作者 | the creator of a work, such as an author, writer,... |