Where does “sentral telepon” come from?
sentral 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.
sentral telepon (Indonesian): telephone exchange, telephone switch, central office: a central component of a telecommunications system which facilitates the establishment of communication circuits, enabling telephone calls between subscribers
Definitions
- telephone exchange, telephone switch, central office: a central component of a telecommunications system which facilitates the establishment of communication circuits, enabling telephone calls between subscribers
Ancestry of “sentral telepon”, step by step
sentral telepon traces back through 3 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 Dutch telefooncentrale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | telefooncentrale | telephone exchange |
| 2 | Dutch | centrale | hub, central; plant, factory; exchange |
| 3 | French | centrale | feminine singular of central; power plant |
| 4 | French | central | central |
| 5 | Middle French | central | — |
| 6 | Latin | centrālis | central, in the middle |
| 7 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |
via Indonesian sentral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sentral | central |
| 2 | Dutch | centralisatie | centralization US, centralisation UK |
| 3 | French | centralisation | centralization, centralisation |