Where does “ourang-outang” come from?
ourang-outang (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.
ourang-outang (English): Alternative form of orangutan
Definitions
- Alternative form of orangutan
Ancestry of “ourang-outang”, step by step