Where does “giỡn mặt” come from?

giỡn mặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mặt, from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 — face.

giỡn mặt (Vietnamese): to fuck with; to screw around with

Definitions

  1. to fuck with; to screw around with

Ancestry of “giỡn mặt”, step by step

giỡn mặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemặtface; aspect; dimension; right
2Middle Vietnamese𩈘face

via Vietnamese giỡn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiỡnto joke, to play
Every word from Middle Vietnamese 𩈘 →Every word from Vietnamese mặt →