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Etymology · Late Latin

Sinae

3 English words descend from Late Latin Sinae, most common first.

SinicChinese.
sino-Sinus.
Sino-XenicRelated to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into Japonic, Koreanic and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects).