Etymology

Ru ware

Today it means: A very rare type of Chinese porcelain, often with a blue glaze, dating from the Song dynasty. Full definition →

Mandarin 汝瓷
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from汝
  2. Mandarin · calque of汝瓷
  3. English todayRu ware

Partial calque of Mandarin 汝瓷 (Rǔcí), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), in reference to the town of Ruzhou where it was manufactured.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin汝瓷 all →

Ju ware

Mandarin^汝 all →

Ju kilnJu wareRu kiln

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.