Where does “Çinli” come from?
Çinli (Turkish) comes from Turkish Çin, from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Çinli (Turkish): Chinese person
Ancestry of “Çinli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | Çin | China |
| 2 | English | gin | A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by... |
| 3 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |