Etymograph

English

samshu

Samshu comes from Cantonese 三燒 ‘thrice-burnt’.

  1. Cantonesemodern三燒1‘thrice-burnt’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003samshu1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English samshu
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Li Shizhen et al.: “It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit…”.

Lineage

  1. Cantonesemodern三燒Wiktionary, English samshu‘thrice-burnt’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003samshuWiktionary, English samshu. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Li Shizhen et al.: “It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit…”

Every English word from Cantonese 三燒

Today it means

noun A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “samshu”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Cantonese 三燒 / samshu

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