Where does “ketitam” come from?

ketitam (Malay) comes from Malay hitam, from Proto-Malayic hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm — black.

ketitam (Malay): dark armpit

Definitions

  1. dark armpit

Ancestry of “ketitam”, step by step

ketitam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hitam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhitamblack
2Proto-Malayichitəmblack
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack

via Malay ketiak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayketiakarmpit; underarm
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic hitəm →Every word from Malay hitam →
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