Where does “jaavanmakaki” come from?
jaavanmakaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish makaki, from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, from English Madagascar, from Middle French Madagascar, from English Mogadishu, from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو, from Persian [[شاه]] [[مقعد]].
jaavanmakaki (Finnish): crab-eating macaque, long-tailed macaque, cynomolgus, cynomolgus monkey, Macaca fascicularis SE Asian species of macaque, seen as sacred animal in some temples and agricultural pest or invasive species in some places; also used as laboratory animal
Definitions
- crab-eating macaque, long-tailed macaque, cynomolgus, cynomolgus monkey, Macaca fascicularis SE Asian species of macaque, seen as sacred animal in some temples and agricultural pest or invasive species in some places; also used as laboratory animal
Ancestry of “jaavanmakaki”, step by step
jaavanmakaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish makaki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | makaki | macaque |
| 2 | French | macaque | macaque; monkey; clown |
| 3 | Portuguese | macaco | monkey, ape; mechanical jack; black; negro |
| 4 | English | Madagascar | A resident of Madagascar |
| 5 | Middle French | Madagascar | — |
| 6 | English | Mogadishu | The government of Somalia |
| 7 | Arabic | مَقَدِيشُو | — |
| 8 | Persian | [[شاه]] [[مقعد]] | — |