Where does “memelan” come from?
memelan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pelan, from Malay pelan, from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos — to fill.
memelan (Indonesian): to slow down
Definitions
- to slow down
Ancestry of “memelan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pelan | slowly |
| 2 | Malay | pelan | plan |
| 3 | English | plan | A drawing showing technical details of a... |
| 4 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 5 | French | plain | plane |
| 6 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 7 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |