Etymograph

English

Ming

Ming comes from Mandarin 明.

  1. Mandarinmodern明Míng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1739Ming

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern明Míng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1739Ming

Earliest quotation: 1739, 1735, Geographical and Hiſtorical Obſervations upon the Map of THI: “[…]the Chineſe having got the upper-hand under Hong vou,…”

Every English word from Mandarin 明

Today it means

name A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching).

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 明 / Ming

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