Where does “sari” come from?
sari (Balinese) comes from Old Javanese [[sari]], [[sāri]], from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior — old.
sari (Balinese): milk
Definitions
- milk
Ancestry of “sari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | [[sari]], [[sāri]] | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 3 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 4 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 5 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 6 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 8 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 9 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |