Where does “trêu ghẹo” come from?
trêu ghẹo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trêu — to tease, to poke fun.
trêu ghẹo (Vietnamese): to tease
Definitions
- to tease
Ancestry of “trêu ghẹo”, step by step
trêu ghẹo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trêu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trêu | to tease, to poke fun |
via Vietnamese ghẹo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ghẹo | to tease; to provoke; to poke fun at |