Where does “posyandu” come from?
posyandu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pelayanan, from Indonesian peng-, from Malay peng-, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī — voice (of human or animal); sound.
Ancestry of “posyandu”, step by step
posyandu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian pelayanan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pelayanan | service |
| 2 | Indonesian | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 3 | Malay | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 4 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 5 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 6 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 7 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 15 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
via Indonesian pos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pos | |
| 2 | Dutch | post | Mail; A mail office, a post office; A location or... |
| 3 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 4 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 5 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 6 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Indonesian terpadu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | terpadu | integrated |
| 2 | Indonesian | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 3 | Malay | ter- | agentless actions, such as those which are... |
| 4 | Classical Malay | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | tAr- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taʀ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | taʀ- | — |