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sino-

a combining form representing sinus in compound words: sinorespiratory.

Sino-

a combining form meaning “Chinese”: Sino-Tibetan; Sinology.

Origin:
< NL, comb. form repr. LL Sīnae the Chinese < LGk Sînai ≪ Chin Qìn Ch'in
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pref.  Chinese: Sinology.

[From Late Latin Sīnae, the Chinese, from Greek Sīnai, from Arabic Sīn, China, probably from Chinese Qín, Qin; see Qin.]
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Sino- 
comb. form meaning "Chinese," 1879, from L.L. Sinæ (pl.) "the Chinese," from Ptolemaic Gk. Sinai, from Arabic Sin "China," probably from Chinese Ch'in, name of the fourth dynasty of China (see China).
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