Where does “ratus ribu” come from?
ratus ribu (Indonesian) comes from Malay ratus ribu, from Indonesian ratus, from Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus.
ratus ribu (Indonesian): hundred thousand
Ancestry of “ratus ribu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ratus ribu | hundred thousand |
| 2 | Indonesian | ratus | hundred |
| 3 | Malay | ratus | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | ratus | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ʀatus | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | ʀaCus | — |