Where does “chi” come from?

chi (Polish) comes from Chinese Mandarin 氣, from Middle Chinese 氣 — spirit; breath.

chi (Polish): he

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “chi”, step by step

chi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese Mandarin 氣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin氣—
2Middle Chinese氣spirit; breath

via Ancient Greek χεῖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχεῖchi, the name for the twenty-third letter Χ, χ of...
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