English
I-ling
I-ling comes from Mandarin 夷陵.
- Mandarinmodern夷陵Yílíng
- Englishearliest quotation 1930I-ling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern夷陵Yílíng
- Englishearliest quotation 1930I-ling
Earliest quotation: 1930, L. C. Arlington, The Chinese Drama: “Of two roads he chose the nearer one which…”
Every English word from Mandarin 夷陵
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 夷陵 / I-ling