Where does “hitam” come from?

hitam (Indonesian) comes from Malay hitam, from Proto-Malayic hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm — black.

hitam (Indonesian): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “hitam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhitamblack
2Proto-Malayichitəmblack
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack

Words derived from “hitam”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic hitəm →Every word from Malay hitam →