Etymology

Lung-yen

Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from龍巖 /龙岩
  2. English todayLung-yen

From Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 (Lóngyán), Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-yen².

Words from the same roots

Mandarin龍巖 all →

longyan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.