Etymology

sinologue

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Today it means: A student or expert of Chinese studies. Full definition →

French sinologue
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  1. French · calque ofsinologue
  2. English todaysinologue

From sino- (“China”) + -logue, a calque of French sinologue.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.