Word Origin Summary

Ṣaina is attested in Yoruba. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. ChinaEnglishborrowed from
2. 𐨕𐨁𐨣Gandhariderived from
3. 𐭰𐭩𐭭Middle Persianderived from
4. चीनSanskritderived from
5. 秦Mandarin Chinesederived from
6. 秦Old Chineseborrowed from
7. ChinFrenchderived from
8. ChinaPortugueseborrowed from

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