Sinese

The story

1. Latin · derived fromSinae“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromSina“China”
3. German · borrowed fromSinese“a Chinese person”
4. English todaySinese

From German Sinese (“a Chinese person”), from Sina (“China”) + -ese (“-ese: forming demonyms”), from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) + -ensis (“-ese: forming adjs”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”), from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to Sino- + -ese.

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