Where does “keprofesoran” come from?
keprofesoran (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian profesor, from Dutch professor, from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor, from Latin profiteor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
keprofesoran (Indonesian): professorship
Definitions
- professorship
Ancestry of “keprofesoran”, step by step
keprofesoran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian profesor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | profesor | professor |
| 2 | Dutch | professor | professor |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | professoor | — |
| 4 | Latin | professor | teacher, professor |
| 5 | Latin | profiteor | I declare publicly, own or confess openly,... |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |