Where does “thúc đẩy” come from?

thúc đẩy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thúc, from Chinese 促.

thúc đẩy (Vietnamese): to promote; to speed up; to motivate

Definitions

  1. to promote; to speed up; to motivate

Ancestry of “thúc đẩy”, step by step

thúc đẩy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thúc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethúcto push; to shove; to jab; to dun; to press
2Chinese促—

via Vietnamese đẩy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđẩyto push, to shove, to thrust
Every word from Chinese 促 →Every word from Vietnamese thúc →