Etymology

Shum

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Cantonese 岑
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The story

  1. Cantonese · derived from沈
  2. Cantonese · borrowed from岑
  3. English todayShum

Borrowed from Cantonese 岑 (sam4) or Cantonese 沈 (sam2), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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