English

Standarin

Blend of standard + Mandarin.

Frankish *standahard

Old French estandart ‘gathering place’

Middle English standard ‘a standard’

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’

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Sanskrit मन्त्र ‘counsel, maxim, mantra’

Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् ‘minister, councillor’

Malay menteri

Portuguese mandarim

Today it means

name Standard Mandarin (official language of mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore).

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

Etymograph / Standarin