English
Xia
Xia comes from Mandarin 夏.
- Mandarinmodern夏Xià
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Xia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern夏Xià
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Xia
Earliest quotation: 2016, Sarah Kaplan: “Shortly after the era of the flood, sites associated…”
Every English word from Mandarin 夏
Today it means
name An ancient dynasty in China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 夏 / Xia