Where does “tau kodi” come from?
tau kodi (Makasar) comes from Makasar kodì, from Malay kodi, from Tamil கோடி, from Tamil கோடு, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs — whale, sea monster; abyss.
tau kodi (Makasar): a bad person; a criminal such as a thief or robber
Definitions
- a bad person; a criminal such as a thief or robber
Ancestry of “tau kodi”, step by step
tau kodi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar kodì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | kodì | to treat someone badly; to do something poorly; to be angry at |
| 2 | Malay | kodi | — |
| 3 | Tamil | கோடி | end, tip, point |
| 4 | Tamil | கோடு | to bend; be crooked |
| 5 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 6 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 7 | Old French | cort | court |
| 8 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |