Where does “caolin” come from?

caolin (Romanian) comes from French kaolin, from Mandarin 高嶺.

caolin (Romanian): kaolin

Definitions

  1. kaolin

Ancestry of “caolin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchkaolinkaolin
2Mandarin高嶺—
Every word from Mandarin 高嶺 →Every word from French kaolin →