Where does “pertengahan” come from?
pertengahan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian per- -an, from Indonesian sero, from Indonesian pesero, from Indonesian persero, from Portuguese parceiro, from Old Portuguese parceiro, from Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō — passed , crossed.
pertengahan (Indonesian): middle
Definitions
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Ancestry of “pertengahan”, step by step
pertengahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian per- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | per- -an | hood |
| 2 | Indonesian | sero | stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares |
| 3 | Indonesian | pesero | shareholder |
| 4 | Indonesian | persero | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | parceiro | partner, sidekick; fellow |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | parceiro | — |
| 7 | Latin | partiārius | a sharer, partaker |
| 8 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 9 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |