Where does “atur” come from?

atur (Central Melanau) comes from Malay atur, from Malay hatur, from Proto-Malayic hatur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuʀ — to arrange.

atur (Central Melanau): to arrange

Definitions

  1. to arrange

Ancestry of “atur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayaturto arrange
2MalayhaturObsolete form of atur
3Proto-Malayichaturto arrange
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuʀto arrange
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic hatur →Every word from Malay hatur →