Where does “batik” come from?

batik (Banyumasan) comes from Javanese bathik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

batik (Banyumasan): a texture-picture drawing on a textile material by using wax

Definitions

  1. a texture-picture drawing on a textile material by using wax

Ancestry of “batik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesebathika texture-picture drawing on a textile material...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
3Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →Every word from Javanese bathik →