Where does “orangoutang” come from?
orangoutang (English) comes from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.
orangoutang (English): Alternative spelling of orangutan
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of orangutan
Ancestry of “orangoutang”, step by step