sino-japanese

Questions

What does sino-japanese mean?

Involving both China and Japan, for example the First Sino-Japanese War, or Sino-Japanese vocabulary

Where does sino-japanese come from?

Etymology tree English Sino- Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan 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 Japanese English Sino-Japanese From Sino- + Japanese.

How to pronounce sino-japanese

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