Where does “pemacu” come from?

pemacu (Malay) comes from Indonesian pem-, from Proto-Algonquian *pemi-.

pemacu (Malay): pacemaker

Definitions

  1. pacemaker

Ancestry of “pemacu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpem-Alternative form of peng-
2Proto-Algonquian*pemi-
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *pemi-Every word from Indonesian pem-