Etymology

Tsou

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Today it means: An ethnic group in Taiwan. Full definition →

Tsou Cou ← Proto-Austronesian *Cau
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Tsou · noun, proper noun1

  1. Proto-Austronesian · derived from*Cau
  2. Tsou · borrowed fromCou
  3. English todayTsou

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

Tsou · proper noun2

From Mandarin 鄒／邹 (Zōu), Wade-Giles romanization: Tsou¹.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Austronesian*Cau all →

taoThao

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