Where does “tổng giám mục” come from?

tổng giám mục (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tổng, from Middle Chinese 總.

tổng giám mục (Vietnamese): archbishop

Definitions

  1. archbishop

Ancestry of “tổng giám mục”, step by step

tổng giám mục traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tổng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổnga sum; arch-
2Middle Chinese總—

via Vietnamese giám mục

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiám mụcbishop
2Chinese監牧shepherd; Tang dynasty official responsible for...
Every word from Middle Chinese 總 →