English
Sung
Sung comes from Chinese ^宋.
- Chinesemodern^宋Sòng
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Sung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinesemodern^宋Sòng
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Sung
Earliest quotation: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China: “At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone…”
Every English word from Chinese ^宋
Today it means
name A surname from Mandarin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese ^宋 / Sung