Where does “tiếp theo” come from?

tiếp theo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiếp, from Middle Chinese 接.

tiếp theo (Vietnamese): to follow; to be next

Definitions

  1. to follow; to be next

Ancestry of “tiếp theo”, step by step

tiếp theo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếpto be contiguous to; to be adjacent to; to join;...
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese theo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetheoto follow; to accompany, come with, follow; to...
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