Where does “orang tenar” come from?

orang tenar (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian orang, from Malay orang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uRaŋ — outsider.

Ancestry of “orang tenar”, step by step

orang tenar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianoranghuman, person; a vassal; a subject; a person who...
2Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
3Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider

via Indonesian tenar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantenarrowdy
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uRaŋ →Every word from Malay orang →Every word from Indonesian orang →