Where does “theo đòi” come from?

theo đòi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đòi — maid; maidservant; abigail; many, all; to claim...

theo đòi (Vietnamese): to imitate (in order to show that one is not inferior)

Definitions

  1. to imitate (in order to show that one is not inferior)

Ancestry of “theo đòi”, step by step

theo đòi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đòi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđòimaid; maidservant; abigail; many, all; to claim...

via Vietnamese theo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetheoto follow; to accompany, come with, follow; to...
Every word from Vietnamese đòi