Where does “mendahului” come from?

mendahului (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dahulu, from Malay dahulu, from Malay di hulu, from Malay di, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

mendahului (Indonesian): to cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; to precede

Definitions

  1. to cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; to precede

Ancestry of “mendahului”, step by step

mendahului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian dahulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandahulubefore, earlier, previously
2Malaydahulubefore, earlier, previously
3Malaydi hulu
4Malaydiin; at; on
5EnglishDeeRiver Dee
6EnglishdoA syntactic marker
7EnglishdittoThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the...
8Italianditto
9Italiandettopast participle of dire; past participle of...
10Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
11Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
12Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
13Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
14Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
15Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
16Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

via Indonesian meng- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng- -i
2Indonesian-iverbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun
3Malay-ilocative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to...
4English-eeAdded to transitive verbs to form words meaning a...
5French-éeForming feminine nouns having the sense of...
6Middle French-eeforms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as
7Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
8Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
9Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
10Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Latin dis-Every word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dīcō
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