Where does “batuan” come from?

batuan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian batu, from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

batuan (Indonesian): rock: any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals

Definitions

  1. rock: any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals

Ancestry of “batuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbatustone
2Malaybatustone; mile
3Proto-Malayicbatustone
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
5Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “batuan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →
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