English
Kochiu
Kochiu comes from Mandarin 箇舊／个旧.
- Mandarinmodern箇舊／个旧Gèjiù
- Englishearliest quotation 1911Kochiu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern箇舊／个旧Gèjiù
- Englishearliest quotation 1911Kochiu
Earliest quotation: 1911, Edwin J. Dingle, New York: Henry Holt and Company: “Tin comes from Kochiu, about twenty miles from the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 箇舊／个旧
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 箇舊／个旧 / Kochiu