Where does “cineseria” come from?
cineseria (Italian) comes from French chinoiserie, from French chinois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
cineseria (Italian): chinoiserie
Definitions
- chinoiserie
Ancestry of “cineseria”, step by step
cineseria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chinoiserie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chinoiserie | chinoiserie; complications |
| 2 | French | chinois | Chinese; Greek |
| 3 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 4 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
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 |