Where does “chino” come from?
chino (English) comes from Spanish chinos, from Spanish chino, from Spanish enchinar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
chino (English): A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make...
Definitions
- A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make...
Ancestry of “chino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chinos | masculine plural of chino; plural of chino |
| 2 | Spanish | chino | Chinese; Chinese person; boy, servant |
| 3 | Spanish | enchinar | to pave; to curl; to get goosebumps |
| 4 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 5 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |