Where does “cat” come from?

cat (Indonesian) comes from Malay cat, from Min Nan 漆.

cat (Indonesian): paint

Definitions

  1. paint

Ancestry of “cat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycatpaint
2Min Nan漆—

Words derived from “cat”

Every word from Min Nan 漆 →
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