Where does “tolong” come from?

tolong (English) comes from Malay tolong, from Classical Malay tolong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuluŋ — to help, to assist.

tolong (English): please

Definitions

  1. please

Ancestry of “tolong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytolongto help, to assist
2Classical Malaytolongto help
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuluŋto help, to assist
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuluŋ →Every word from Classical Malay tolong →Every word from Malay tolong →