Where does “tệ nạn xã hội” come from?

tệ nạn xã hội (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xã hội, from Japanese 社会, from Middle Chinese 社會.

tệ nạn xã hội (Vietnamese): an evil that is pervasive in a society; social ill

Definitions

  1. an evil that is pervasive in a society; social ill

Ancestry of “tệ nạn xã hội”, step by step

tệ nạn xã hội traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xã hội

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexã hộisociety
2Japanese社会society; a class, a world of a certain group
3Middle Chinese社會—

via Vietnamese tệ nạn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetệ nạnan evil that is pervasive in a certain group, usually the society
Every word from Middle Chinese 社會 →Every word from Japanese 社会 →Every word from Vietnamese xã hội →