Where does “học vẹt” come from?

học vẹt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese học, from Chinese 學.

học vẹt (Vietnamese): to learn by rote without actually understanding much

Definitions

  1. to learn by rote without actually understanding much

Ancestry of “học vẹt”, step by step

học vẹt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese học

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehọcto study; to learn; -logy; -graphy
2Chinese學—

via Vietnamese vẹt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevẹtparrot
Every word from Chinese 學 →Every word from Vietnamese học →