Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sino-vietnamese

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
sino-viet-namese
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the Chinese-derived elements in the Vietnamese language.

noun

The Chinese-derived elements in the Vietnamese language.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sino- English Vietnam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Vietnamese English Sino-Vietnamese From Sino- + Vietnamese.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sino-vietnamese mean?
Pertaining to the Chinese-derived elements in the Vietnamese language.
Where does sino-vietnamese come from?
Etymology tree English Sino- English Vietnam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Vietnamese English Sino-Vietnamese From Sino- + Vietnamese.

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