Where does “đe doạ” come from?

đe doạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đoá, from French alé'''soir'''.

đe doạ (Vietnamese): to threaten (with); to menace (with)

Definitions

  1. to threaten (with); to menace (with)

Ancestry of “đe doạ”, step by step

đe doạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseđoáIndicates flowers
2Frenchalé'''soir'''—

via Vietnamese đe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđeanvil; to warn, to threaten
Every word from French alé'''soir''' →Every word from Vietnamese đoá →