Where does “padam” come from?

padam (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padəm.

padam (Malay): to extinguish fire

Definitions

  1. to extinguish fire

Ancestry of “padam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*padəm

Words derived from “padam

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padəm
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