Where does “kotor” come from?

kotor (Batuley) comes from Indonesian kotor, from Malay kotor — dirty.

kotor (Batuley): dirty

Definitions

  1. dirty

Ancestry of “kotor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankotordirty
2Malaykotordirty
Every word from Malay kotor →Every word from Indonesian kotor →
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