English word origin

Etymology of Pow

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Three possible origins: * A variant of the English surname Poe. * Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑 /鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. * Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.

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Borrowed-form mention包yue
Borrowed-form mention傅nan-hbl

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    {
      "name": "bor",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "包",
        "tr": "baau1"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 包 (baau1)"
    },
    {
      "name": "bor",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "傅",
        "tr": "pò͘"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 傅 (pò͘)"
    }
  ],
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      "English",
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    ],
    [
      "Poe",
      "Poe#English"
    ],
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      "包",
      "包#Cantonese"
    ],
    [
      "鮑",
      "鮑#Cantonese"
    ],
    [
      "鲍",
      "鲍#Cantonese"
    ],
    [
      "Bao",
      "Bao#English"
    ],
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      "Chinese",
      "Chinese"
    ],
    [
      "傅",
      "傅#Hokkien"
    ],
    [
      "Fu",
      "Fu#English"
    ],
    [
      "Chinese",
      "Chinese"
    ]
  ],
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