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

  1. table for gambling

Ancestry of “meja judi”, step by step

meja judi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian meja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmejatable
2Malaymejatable
3Portuguesemesatable; meal, food; mesa
4Old Portuguesemesatable
5Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
6Latinmēnsaa table
7Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Indonesian judi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjudigambling
2Malayjudigambling
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀽𑀤
4Sanskritद्यूतgambling, game of dice; play, gaming; contest;...
5Sanskrit-त-ed
6Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus
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