English
Lucao
Lucao comes from Mandarin 鹿草.
- Mandarinmodern鹿草Lùcǎo
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Lucao
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern鹿草Lùcǎo
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Lucao
Earliest quotation: 2008, Ralph Jennings, No ratatouille on Taiwan menu, but plenty of rat: “The rats grow up on crops from fields surrounding…”
Every English word from Mandarin 鹿草
Today it means
name A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 鹿草 / Lucao