Etymology

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Today it means: Mad; crazy Full definition →

Hokkien 痟
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from痟“mad; crazy”
  2. English todaysiao

From Hokkien 痟 (siáu, “mad; crazy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.