Where does “fusta” come from?
fusta (Indonesian) comes from Portuguese fusta, from Latin fusta, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
fusta (Indonesian): light boat
Definitions
- light boat
Ancestry of “fusta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fusta | fust |
| 2 | Latin | fusta | beam |
| 3 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |