Where does “sa đoạ” come from?

sa đoạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sa, from Chinese 紗.

sa đoạ (Vietnamese): depraved; libertine; debauched

Definitions

  1. depraved; libertine; debauched

Ancestry of “sa đoạ”, step by step

sa đoạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesato fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse
2Chinese紗—

via Vietnamese đoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseđoáIndicates flowers
2Frenchalé'''soir'''—
Every word from Chinese 紗 →