Etymology

kang

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Today it means: A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night. Full definition →

Chinese 炕
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kang · noun1

  1. Chinese · borrowed from炕
  2. English todaykang

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

kang · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  3. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kuning
  5. Old Englishcyning
  6. Middle Englishking
  7. Englishking
  8. English todaykang

From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended.

kang · verb3

Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users.

Kang · proper noun4

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from江
  2. Mandarin · borrowed from康
  3. Korean · borrowed from강(姜)
  4. English todayKang

Borrowed from Korean 강(姜) (Gang), Mandarin 康 (Kāng) or Hokkien 江 (Kang).

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