Where does “tự do” come from?

tự do (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 自由, from Middle Chinese 自由.

tự do (Vietnamese): freedom; liberty; free

Definitions

  1. freedom; liberty; free

Ancestry of “tự do”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese自由free; flexible; freedom, liberty
2Middle Chinese自由—

Words derived from “tự do”

Every word from Middle Chinese 自由 →Every word from Japanese 自由 →