Where does “anak yatim piatu” come from?

anak yatim 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 yatim piatu (Indonesian): double orphan: a person, especially a minor, whose both of parents have died; orphan

Definitions

  1. double orphan: a person, especially a minor, whose both of parents have died; orphan

Ancestry of “anak yatim piatu”, step by step

anak yatim piatu traces back through 3 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 yatim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianyatimorphaned to father
2Malayyatimorphan; someone who has lost one of his or her parents
3Arabicيَتِيمorphan

via Indonesian piatu

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