Where does “spekulan” come from?

spekulan (Indonesian) comes from Dutch speculant, from Dutch speculeren, from Old French speculer, from Latin speculārī.

spekulan (Indonesian): speculator

Definitions

  1. speculator

Ancestry of “spekulan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspeculantspeculator
2Dutchspeculerento imagine, to guess
3Old Frenchspeculer—
4Latinspeculārī—
Every word from Latin speculārī →Every word from Old French speculer →Every word from Dutch speculeren →