English
mandarinize
From mandarin + -ize.
Formed from mandarin + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’
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Sanskrit मन्त्र ‘counsel, maxim, mantra’
Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् ‘minister, councillor’
Malay menteri
Portuguese mandarim
English mandarin
Today it means
verb To adapt for the use of government bureaucrats, or mandarins.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mandarinize