Where does “Timorese” come from?

Timorese derives from English Timor, from Malay Timor, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ensis denoting origin, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ meaning east.

Timorese (English): Of or from Timor

Definitions

  1. Of or from Timor

Ancestry of “Timorese”, step by step

Timorese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Timor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTimorAn island in the Sundas
2MalayTimorTimor
3Malaytimureast; East, one of the four principal compass...
4Proto-Malayictimureast
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
6Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

via English ese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishesedude, man
2Mexican SpanisheseThe name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)pesohimself, herself, itself
Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ
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