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The story

1. Old Chinese · derived from秦“Qin”
2. Arabic · derived fromصِين“China; the Chinese”
3. Sanskrit · derived fromचीन“China”
4. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣῖναι
5. Late Latin · derived fromSīnae“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”
6. Medieval Latin · derived fromSina“China”
7. English todaySino-

From Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) and Late Latin Sīnae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”) + -o-, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), of uncertain etymology but likely from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to ultimately derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" on Wikipedia.

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