Where does “ilmu alam” come from?
ilmu alam (Malay) comes from Dutch natuurkunde, from Dutch natuur, from Middle Dutch nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ilmu alam (Malay): geography; natural science
Definitions
- geography; natural science
Ancestry of “ilmu alam”, step by step
ilmu alam traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch natuurkunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | natuurkunde | physics |
| 2 | Dutch | natuur | nature; character |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | nature | nature, force of nature; laws of nature, natural... |
| 4 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 5 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |