Where does “buah bumbung” come from?

buah bumbung (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.

buah bumbung (Indonesian): a type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants: follicle

Definitions

  1. a type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants: follicle

Ancestry of “buah bumbung”, step by step

buah bumbung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian buah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuahfruit
2Malaybuahfruit
3Malaynonamiss, lady (young unmarried woman)
4Portuguesedonafemale equivalent of dono; A title of address to...
5Old Portuguesedona
6Late Latindomnalady, mistress
7Latindominalady or mistress of the house
8LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
9Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
10Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
11Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
12Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via Indonesian bumbung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbumbungbamboo tube
2Malaybumbungroof the cover at the top of a building or car
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dṓmEvery word from Proto-Italic domos