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SumEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum. * As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sumEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English summe, from Old French summe, from Latin summa (“highest point; sum”), from summus (“highest”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sumEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Borrowed from Kazakh сом (som), Kyrgyz сом (som), Uyghur سوم (som), and Uzbek soʻm, all of which have the core signification “pure”, used in elliptical reference to historical coins of pure gold.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sumEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Mongolian сум (sum), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- SumMiddle English · word_sum_adj
Sum, adj. and pron. some, a certain one, S; zom, S2; sumere, dat., S; sume, pl., S. Comb.: sume we, some of us, S; alle and some, one and all, S2; sum . . . . sum, one . . . . one, S; sum-chere, some time, S; sumdel, som
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Sum, conj. as. Comb.: swa summ, so as, S.
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Source section: Additions and Corrections. This separately printed note may duplicate a correction already integrated in the source dictionary. Sum (1). Dele ‘sumere, dat., S;’
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