Where does “meja judi” come from?
meja judi (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian meja, from Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa, from Old Portuguese mesa, from Vulgar Latin mesa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
meja judi (Indonesian): table for gambling
Definitions
- table for gambling
Ancestry of “meja judi”, step by step
meja judi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian meja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meja | table |
| 2 | Malay | meja | table |
| 3 | Portuguese | mesa | table; meal, food; mesa |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | mesa | table |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mesa | Alternative form of mēnsa |
| 6 | Latin | mēnsa | a table |
| 7 | Latin | mēnsus | having measured, estimated |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Indonesian judi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | judi | gambling |
| 2 | Malay | judi | gambling |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀚𑀽𑀤 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | द्यूत | gambling, game of dice; play, gaming; contest;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -त | -ed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tás | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |