Where does “bas dua tingkat” come from?
bas dua tingkat (Malay) comes from Malay bas, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
bas dua tingkat (Malay): double-decker bus
Definitions
- double-decker bus
Ancestry of “bas dua tingkat”, step by step
bas dua tingkat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay bas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | bas | bus; bass; boss, chief, superior |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |
via Malay dua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | dua | two |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | dua(ʔ) | two |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | duha | two |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *duha | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | duSa | two |
via Malay tingkat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tingkat | floor, storey |