Where does “mewarnai” come from?
mewarnai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian meng- -i, from Indonesian -i, from Malay -i, from English -ee, from French -ée, from Middle French -ee, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
mewarnai (Indonesian): to color, to dye, to paint; to influence
Definitions
- to color, to dye, to paint; to influence
Ancestry of “mewarnai”, step by step
mewarnai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian meng- -i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -i | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | -i | verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun |
| 3 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 4 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 5 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via Indonesian warna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | warna | colour/color; social class or level |
| 2 | Malay | warna | colour; colour/color; social class or level |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वर्ण | outward appearance, exterior, figure, form,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wárnas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |