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- Latin · derived fromSinensis“Chinese”
- English todaySinensian
From Latin Sinensis (“Chinese”) + -ian, from Sinae (“Southern Chinese; Southern China”) + -ensis (“-ese”), from Ancient Greek.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Synonym of Sinitic, of or related to the family of Chinese languages. Full definition →