Etymology

Thao

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Today it means: A member of an aboriginal people of central Taiwan. Full definition →

Thao Thau ← Proto-Austronesian *Cau
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian · derived from*Cau
  2. Thao · borrowed fromThau
  3. English todayThao

From Thao Thau, an autonym based on thau (“person”), itself from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Doublet of Tsou.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Austronesian*Cau all →

taoTsou

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.