Where does “chinez” come from?
chinez (Romanian) comes from Romanian China, from Greek κίνα, from English quina, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe — five.
chinez (Romanian): Chinese
Definitions
- Chinese
Ancestry of “chinez”, step by step
chinez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian China
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | China | — |
| 2 | Greek | κίνα | cinchona; cinchona bark; henna |
| 3 | English | quina | quinine |
| 4 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 5 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 7 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via Hungarian kenéz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kenéz | leader or village judge of Romanian or Ruthenian settler communities |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kъnędzь | prince |
| 3 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 4 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |