Where does “bóc mẽ” come from?

bóc mẽ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bóc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer pɔɔk — to peel.

bóc mẽ (Vietnamese): to tell the truths about a person, and show them/it to be just a facade; to expose someone

Definitions

  1. to tell the truths about a person, and show them/it to be just a facade; to expose someone

Ancestry of “bóc mẽ”, step by step

bóc mẽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebócto peel
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpɔɔkto peel

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer pɔɔk →Every word from Vietnamese bóc →