Etymograph

English

Red China

From red + China; see red (“communist”).

A compound of red + China

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

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Proto-Germanic *raudaz

Proto-West Germanic *raud

Old English rēad

Middle English red ‘red’

English red

Persian چینی ‘Chinese’

English China

Today it means

name The People's Republic of China.

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

Etymograph / Red China