Where does “tukang cat” come from?

tukang cat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian cat, from Malay cat, from Min Nan 漆.

tukang cat (Indonesian): painter (a laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means)

Definitions

  1. painter (a laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means)

Ancestry of “tukang cat”, step by step

tukang cat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian cat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiancatpaint
2Malaycatpaint
3Min Nan漆—

via Indonesian tukang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantukangcraftsman
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