Etymograph

English

Touliu

Touliu comes from Mandarin 斗六.

  1. Mandarinmodern斗六Dǒuliù
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1960Touliu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern斗六Dǒuliù
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1960Touliu

Earliest quotation: 1960, R. W. Mungomery, The Use of Insecticides to Control Subterranean Insects in T: “In Taiwan three species of wireworms cause damage to…”

Today it means

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 斗六 / Touliu