Where does “ajudan” come from?
ajudan (Malay) comes from Dutch adjudant, from French adjudant, from Spanish ayudante, from Spanish -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
ajudan (Malay): adjutant
Ancestry of “ajudan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | adjudant | adjutant; assistant |
| 2 | French | adjudant | adjutant; warrant officer |
| 3 | Spanish | ayudante | auxiliary; helper, assistant |
| 4 | Spanish | -ante | Forms adjectives from verbs |
| 5 | Latin | -āns | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “ajudan”