Where does “bakal buah” come from?
bakal buah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buah, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona, from Old Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
bakal buah (Indonesian): ovary (the lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit)
Definitions
- ovary (the lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit)
Ancestry of “bakal buah”, step by step
bakal buah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian buah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | buah | fruit |
| 2 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 3 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 4 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Indonesian bakal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bakal | material (destined for something) |
| 2 | Malay | bakal | future; prospective; candidate; expectant used before a noun to indicate what someone or something will become |
| 3 | Old Javanese | bakal | future, prospective |
| 4 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *[b]kəl[ ] | — |