English
Kansu
Kansu comes from Mandarin 甘肅.
- Mandarinmodern甘肅Gānsù
- Englishearliest quotation 1914Kansu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern甘肅Gānsù
- Englishearliest quotation 1914Kansu
Earliest quotation: 1914, Alexander Hosie, On the Trail of the Opium Poppy: “Soon after leaving the village we crossed some rising…”
Every English word from Mandarin 甘肅
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 甘肅 / Kansu