Where does “botol” come from?
botol (Indonesian) comes from Malay botol, from English bottle, from English bottle and glass, from English arse, from Middle English ars, from Old French arz, from Latin artes, from Latin ars — to fit, to fix, to put together.
botol (Indonesian): bottle
Definitions
- bottle
Ancestry of “botol”, step by step
botol traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay botol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | botol | bottle |
| 2 | English | bottle | A container, typically made of glass or plastic... |
| 3 | English | bottle and glass | arse |
| 4 | English | arse | The buttocks or more specifically, the anus; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | ars | arse, anus; bottom, buttocks; plural of art |
| 6 | Old French | arz | — |
| 7 | Latin | artes | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 8 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |