English
Qimei
Qimei comes from Mandarin 七美.
- Mandarinmodern七美Qīměi
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Qimei
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern七美Qīměi
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Qimei
Earliest quotation: 1979, Cornelius C. Kubler, Life in the Pescadores: “My next trip, by private fishing boat, was to…”
Every English word from Mandarin 七美
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 七美 / Qimei