Where does “cantik” come from?
cantik (Indonesian) comes from Malay cantik — beautiful, good-looking, pretty.
cantik (Indonesian): pretty, beautiful
Definitions
- pretty, beautiful
Ancestry of “cantik”, step by step
cantik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay cantik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | cantik | beautiful, good-looking, pretty |
via Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦏ꧀
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦏ꧀ | — |