Where does “trung tá” come from?

trung tá (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 中佐, from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

trung tá (Vietnamese): lieutenant colonel; commander

Definitions

  1. lieutenant colonel; commander

Ancestry of “trung tá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中佐a lieutenant colonel; a commander
2Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
3Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
4Japanese今now; just now; soon
Every word from Japanese 今 →Every word from Japanese 中 →Every word from Japanese 中今 →