Where does “Mencius” come from?

Mencius comes from Latin Mencius, which was derived from Chinese Mèngzǐ, the name of the classical Confucian philosopher.

Mencius (English): Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289, or 385 - 303/302)

Definitions

  1. Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289, or 385 - 303/302)

Ancestry of “Mencius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMenciusMencius
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Mencius

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós
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