English
Samshui
Samshui comes from Cantonese 三水.
- Cantonesemodern三水saam¹ seoi²
- Englishearliest quotation 1908Samshui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern三水saam¹ seoi²
- Englishearliest quotation 1908Samshui
Earliest quotation: 1908, A. Gorton Angier, The Far East Revisited: Essays on Political: “From Canton my route lay up the West River,…”
Every English word from Cantonese 三水
Today it means
name Synonym of Sanshui: the Cantonese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 三水 / Samshui