Where does “tuan” come from?

tuan (Indonesian) comes from Malay tuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan — deity.

tuan (Indonesian): mister

Definitions

  1. mister

Ancestry of “tuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuanmaster, lord; mister
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuandeity

Words derived from “tuan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan →Every word from Malay tuan →