English
kaishao
Kaishao comes from Hokkien 介紹 ‘to introduce’.
- Hokkienmodern介紹kài-siāu‘to introduce’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012kaishao
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hokkienmodern介紹kài-siāu‘to introduce’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012kaishao
Earliest quotation: 2012, Erin Chupeco, Ho-We: “Our guest was a boy named Gary Cheng, and…”
Every English word from Hokkien 介紹
Today it means
noun matchmaking; a romantic arrangement to set up a date between two people
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hokkien 介紹 / kaishao