Where does “kantoroʼ pulisi” come from?
kantoroʼ pulisi (Makasar) comes from Dutch politiekantoor, from Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō — resin.
kantoroʼ pulisi (Makasar): police station
Definitions
- police station
Ancestry of “kantoroʼ pulisi”, step by step
kantoroʼ pulisi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch politiekantoor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | politiekantoor | police station |
| 2 | Dutch | kantoor | office |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 4 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 5 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 6 | Old French | compter | — |
| 7 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Makasar kantoroʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | kantoroʼ | office |
via Makasar pulisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | pulisi | police |