English
hoppo
Hoppo may come from Chinese 戶部.
- Chinesemodern戶部Hùbùuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1711hoppo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinesemodern戶部Hùbùuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1711hoppo
Earliest quotation: 1711, Charles Lockyer, An Account of the Trade in India...: “The Hoppos, who look on Europe Ships as a…”
Every English word from Chinese 戶部
Today it means
noun The imperial Chinese board of revenue, especially its branch in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 戶部 / hoppo