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
Ancestry of “Timorese”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Timor | — |
| 2 | Malay | Timor | — |
| 3 | Malay | timur | east; East, one of the four principal compass... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | timur | east |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | timuʀ | southeast monsoon |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | timuʀ | south or east wind |