Where does “拿督” come from?

拿督 (Chinese) comes from Malay datuk, from Austronesian *datu.

拿督 (Chinese): datuk

Definitions

  1. datuk

Ancestry of “拿督”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydatukgrandfather
2Austronesian*datu—
Every word from Austronesian *datu →Every word from Malay datuk →
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