粵

字zi6源jyun4

zi6 jyun4inferredzì yuán

English

  1. etymology (of a non-Chinese word)
  2. origin of a character

Examples

  • 那個字源於希臘。

    That word is of Greek origin.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 許多英文單字源自於拉丁文。

    Many English words are derived from Latin.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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