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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

Definitions

  1. hundred thousand

Ancestry of “ratus ribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayratus ribuhundred thousand
2Indonesianratushundred
3Malayratushundred
4Proto-Malayicratushundred
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
6Proto-AustronesianʀaCus—
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