Where does “limau” come from?

limau (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic limaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian limaw — lime, citrus.

limau (Brunei Malay): orange fruit

Definitions

  1. orange fruit

Ancestry of “limau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclimaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimawlime, citrus

Words derived from “limau”

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