Etymology

Chau

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Cantonese 周 ← Vietnamese Châu
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The story

  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromChâu
  2. Cantonese · borrowed from周
  3. English todayChau

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹) or Vietnamese Châu (from the same ultimate origin). Doublet of Zhou.

Words from the same roots

Cantonese周 all →

chow

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.