Where does “chinês” come from?
chinês (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ês, from Old Portuguese -és, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
chinês (Portuguese): Chinese; Chinese person; Chinese language
Definitions
- Chinese; Chinese person; Chinese language
Ancestry of “chinês”, step by step