Where does “Chink” come from?
Chink derives from English China, from Portuguese China, from Sanskrit चीन, from Latin -ensis, from Sanskrit चीन, from Latin in-, from Latin in.
Chink (English): A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity; Chinese,...
Definitions
- A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity; Chinese,...
Ancestry of “Chink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | chine | — |
| 2 | Old English | ċine | a crack, chine, chink |
| 3 | Swahili | kinu | mortar |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kinō | A split; crack; A germ; sprout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵi-n- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |
Words derived from “Chink”