Where does “tembak” come from?

tembak (English) comes from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

tembak (English): to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question

Definitions

  1. to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question

Ancestry of “tembak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytembakto shoot
2MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
3Proto-Malayictimbak—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →
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