Etymology

Tây Bồi

Today it means: An extinct French pidgin formerly spoken in Vietnam, especially by servants during the colonial era. Full definition →

Vietnamese Tây Bồi ← English boy
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The story

  1. English · derived fromboy
  2. Vietnamese · borrowed fromTây Bồi
  3. English todayTây Bồi

Borrowed from Vietnamese Tây Bồi, from tây (“Western, especially French”) + bồi (“servant”), probably ultimately from English boy.

Words from the same roots

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