Where does “anak tangga” come from?
anak tangga (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 tangga (Indonesian): round, rung
Definitions
- round, rung
Ancestry of “anak tangga”, step by step
anak tangga 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 |