Where does “Malayan” come from?
Malayan derives from English Malaya plus the Italian suffix -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os, a masculine nominative singular ending.
Malayan (English): A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a...
Definitions
- A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a...
Ancestry of “Malayan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Malaya | — |
| 2 | English | Malay | Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in... |
| 3 | Malay | Melayu | Malay |
| 4 | Malay | Malayu | — |
| 5 | Old Javanese | layū | — |
| 6 | Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi | lariw | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | laʀiw | — |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | laʀiw | — |
Words derived from “Malayan”