Where does “ratu” come from?

ratu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic ratu, from Austronesian *datu.

ratu (Fijian): a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of...

Definitions

  1. a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of...

Ancestry of “ratu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicratuking
2Austronesian*datu—
Every word from Austronesian *datu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic ratu →
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