Where does “vượt bậc” come from?

vượt bậc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vượt, from Chinese 越, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷrat — to travel, go through.

vượt bậc (Vietnamese): to progress (to reach a higher level)

Definitions

  1. to progress (to reach a higher level)

Ancestry of “vượt bậc”, step by step

vượt bậc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevượtto pass over
2Chinese越—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ɢʷratto travel, go through

via Vietnamese bậc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebậca rung
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷrat →Every word from Chinese 越 →Every word from Vietnamese vượt →