English
Wuchiapingian
Wuchiapingian comes from Mandarin 吳家坪.
- Mandarinmodern吳家坪Wújiāpíngliterally ‘Wu Family Flatland’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Wuchiapingian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern吳家坪Wújiāpíngliterally ‘Wu Family Flatland’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Wuchiapingian
Earliest quotation: 2022, Li Yuan: “Anoxic/euxinic benthic marine conditions prevailed throughout the middle Wuchiapingian…”
The story
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 吳家坪 /吴家坪 (Wújiāpíng, literally “Wu Family Flatland”) in Shaanxi Province in China: Wu²-chia¹-pʻing².
Every English word from Mandarin 吳家坪
Today it means
name A subdivision of the Permian period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 吳家坪 / Wuchiapingian