Where does “anak layangan” come from?
anak layangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian anak, from Indonesian perempuan, from Indonesian per- -an, from Indonesian sero, from Indonesian pesero, from Indonesian persero, from Portuguese parceiro, from Old Portuguese parceiro — passed , crossed.
anak layangan (Indonesian): a style of texting or typing words with unnecessary alternating caps, addition of extra letters, and substitution of letters with similar looking or sounding keyboard characters which may in turn, seem incomprehensible to others
Definitions
- a style of texting or typing words with unnecessary alternating caps, addition of extra letters, and substitution of letters with similar looking or sounding keyboard characters which may in turn, seem incomprehensible to others
Ancestry of “anak layangan”, step by step
anak layangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian anak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | anak | child |
| 2 | Indonesian | perempuan | female; woman |
| 3 | Indonesian | per- -an | hood |
| 4 | Indonesian | sero | stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares |
| 5 | Indonesian | pesero | shareholder |
| 6 | Indonesian | persero | — |
| 7 | Portuguese | parceiro | partner, sidekick; fellow |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | parceiro | — |
| 9 | Latin | partiārius | a sharer, partaker |
| 10 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 11 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |