Where does “Tempo Doeloe” come from?
Tempo Doeloe (Dutch) comes from Indonesian tempo dulu, from Indonesian tempo, from Malay tempoh, from Dutch tempo, from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
Tempo Doeloe (Dutch): the period of the Dutch East Indies, the period of Dutch colonisation in Indonesia, in particular as a nostalgic construct in personal, familial or social history; even more specifically, the time between 1870 and the beginning of the First World War around 1914
Definitions
- the period of the Dutch East Indies, the period of Dutch colonisation in Indonesia, in particular as a nostalgic construct in personal, familial or social history; even more specifically, the time between 1870 and the beginning of the First World War around 1914
Ancestry of “Tempo Doeloe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tempo dulu | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | tempo | tempo; time; when |
| 3 | Malay | tempoh | period, time limit |
| 4 | Dutch | tempo | tempo; tempo, time; moment in time |
| 5 | Italian | tempo | time; time, age, period; part |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |