Where does “terdahulu” come from?
terdahulu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dahulu, from Malay dahulu, from Malay di hulu, from Malay di, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
terdahulu (Indonesian): earliest, first
Definitions
- earliest, first
Ancestry of “terdahulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | dahulu | before, earlier, previously |
| 2 | Malay | dahulu | before, earlier, previously |
| 3 | Malay | di hulu | — |
| 4 | Malay | di | in; at; on |
| 5 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 6 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 7 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 8 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 9 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 10 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 11 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 12 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 13 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 14 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 15 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |