Where does “chơi đĩ” come from?

chơi đĩ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đi, from Proto-Vietic tiː — to go.

chơi đĩ (Vietnamese): to use a prostitute; to patronize a whore

Definitions

  1. to use a prostitute; to patronize a whore

Ancestry of “chơi đĩ”, step by step

chơi đĩ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđito go; to wear footwear; used sentence-finally to...
2Proto-Vietictiːto go

via Vietnamese chơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechơito play (an instrument, a sport, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Vietic tiːEvery word from Vietnamese đi