Where does “anak piatu” come from?

anak piatu (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 piatu (Indonesian): maternal orphan: a person, especially a minor, whose mother have died

Definitions

  1. maternal orphan: a person, especially a minor, whose mother have died

Ancestry of “anak piatu”, step by step

anak piatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian anak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiananakchild
2Indonesianperempuanfemale; woman
3Indonesianper- -anhood
4Indonesianserostock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares
5Indonesianpeseroshareholder
6Indonesianpersero
7Portugueseparceiropartner, sidekick; fellow
8Old Portugueseparceiro
9Latinpartiāriusa sharer, partaker
10Latinpartiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distribute
11Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Indonesian piatu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpiatu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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