Where does “amok” come from?
Amok comes from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk, from Proto-Malayic amuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hamuk, of unknown ultimate origin and meaning.
amok (English): Out of control, especially when armed and...
Definitions
- Out of control, especially when armed and...
Ancestry of “amok”, step by step
amok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese amouco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | amouco | amok |
| 2 | Malay | amuk | to run amok |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀ | amok |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦮꦏ꧀ | aunt |
| 5 | Old Javanese | [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]] | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ऊह | removing, derangement, transposition, change,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | अहह | — |
via Khmer អាម៉ុក
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អាម៉ុក | — |