Etymology

swee swee

Hokkien 媠媠
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from媠媠
  2. English todayswee swee

From Hokkien 媠媠, a reduplication of 媠 (súi, “nice, pretty”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.