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English word origin

Etymology of kang

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night. · A large Chinese water jar.

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

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

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  • Borrowed-form mention炕zh
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Clipping of kangaroo.

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

Etymology tree Guugu Yimidhirr gangurrubor. English kangarooclip. English kang

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

Nonstandard form of king

verb

To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization. · To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians.

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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-West Germanic *kuning Old English cyning Middle English king English kingder. English kang From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
verb

To appropriate someone else's work.

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

Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users.

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