Where does “dahulu” come from?
dahulu (Malay) comes from Malay di hulu, from Malay di, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
dahulu (Malay): before, earlier, previously
Definitions
- before, earlier, previously
Ancestry of “dahulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | di hulu | — |
| 2 | Malay | di | in; at; on |
| 3 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 4 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 5 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 6 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 7 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 8 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |