Where does “kamus” come from?
kamus (Indonesian) comes from Malay kamus, from Arabic قَامُوس, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
kamus (Indonesian): dictionary
Ancestry of “kamus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kamus | dictionary |
| 2 | Arabic | قَامُوس | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὠκεανός | ocean |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ὠκεανός | the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a... |