Where does “adu” come from?

adu (Malay) comes from Classical Malay ادو, from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu.

adu (Malay): to compete, to contest

Definitions

  1. to compete, to contest

Ancestry of “adu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayادو—
2Old Malayhadu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*adu—

Words derived from “adu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu →Every word from Old Malay hadu →Every word from Classical Malay ادو →