Where does “cinegro” come from?
cinegro (Italian) comes from Italian cinese, from Italian Cina, from Medieval Latin Sina, from Latin Sīnae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι, from Arabic صِين, from Pahlavi čīn, from Sanskrit चीन — {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin.
cinegro (Italian): A person of mixed African and East Asian (mainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean) ancestry
Definitions
- A person of mixed African and East Asian (mainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean) ancestry
Ancestry of “cinegro”, step by step
cinegro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cinese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cinese | Chinese; a Chinese person |
| 2 | Italian | Cina | China |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Sina | — |
| 4 | Latin | Sīnae | the Chinese, specifically |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σῖναι | the southern Chinese |
| 6 | Arabic | صِين | — |
| 7 | Pahlavi | čīn | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | चीन | the Chinese people; China; a bandage for the... |
| 9 | Old Chinese | 秦 | {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin |