Etymograph

English

Tsai

Tsai comes from Mandarin 蔡.

  1. Mandarinmodern蔡Cài
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Tsai

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern蔡Cài
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Tsai

Earliest quotation: 2015, Jake Chung, Students graduate on Taiwu Mountain: “The two elementary-school students graduating this year, Yang Hao-lung…”

Today it means

name A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 蔡 / Tsai