Where does “thiếu tá” come from?

thiếu tá (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 少佐, from Japanese 佐.

thiếu tá (Vietnamese): major; lieutenant commander

Definitions

  1. major; lieutenant commander

Ancestry of “thiếu tá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese少佐a major; a lieutenant commander
2Japanese佐—
Every word from Japanese 佐 →Every word from Japanese 少佐 →