Where does “pesawat telepon” come from?
pesawat telepon (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian telepon, from Dutch telefoon, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “pesawat telepon”, step by step
pesawat telepon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian telepon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | telepon | telephone |
| 2 | Dutch | telefoon | telephone |
| 3 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Indonesian pesawat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pesawat | machine |
| 2 | Dutch | vliegtuig | aeroplane, winged aircraft; Any aircraft,... |
| 3 | Dutch | vliegen | to fly; to steer an aircraft, to fly; to soar, to... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vliegen | to fly; to soar; to move quickly |
| 5 | Old Dutch | fliegan | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flaugijaną | to cause to fly, let fly; to make flee, put to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |