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Where does “chino” come from?

chino (Italian) comes from Italian chinare, from Latin clīnō, from Proto-Italic kl(e)inō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

chino (Italian): lowered, bent, bowed; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. lowered, bent, bowed; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “chino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianchinareto bend, bow, lower, lean
2Latinclīnō—
3Proto-Italickl(e)inō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “chino”

  • ferrochina
  • clorochina
  • citochina
  • china
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