English

Mandopop

Blend of Mandarin + -o- + pop, modified on Cantopop.

A blend of Mandarin + -o- + pop

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’

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Sanskrit मन्त्र ‘counsel, maxim, mantra’

Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् ‘minister, councillor’

Malay menteri

Portuguese mandarim

Middle English pop

English pop

The story

Blend of Mandarin + -o- + pop, modified on Cantopop.

noun Mandarin pop music.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandopop