English
Samsui
Samsui comes from Cantonese 三水.
- Cantonesemodern三水saam1 seoi2
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Samsui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern三水saam1 seoi2
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Samsui
Earliest quotation: 2009, Mark R. Frost, A Woman's World: “It’s believed that between 1934 and 1938 close to…”
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 / Samsui