Where does “buah kurung” come from?
buah kurung (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 kurung (Indonesian): a small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup: achene
Definitions
- a small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup: achene
Ancestry of “buah kurung”, step by step
buah kurung 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 |