Where does “kateku” come from?

kateku (Finnish) comes from English catechu, from Malay kacu, from Old Javanese kacu.

kateku (Finnish): catechu

Definitions

  1. catechu

Ancestry of “kateku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatechuA gummy extract of any of several species of...
2Malaykacutype of acacia
3Old Javanesekacu—
Every word from Old Javanese kacu →