Where does “peratus” come from?

peratus (Malay) comes from Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus — hundred.

peratus (Malay): percent

Definitions

  1. percent

Ancestry of “peratus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayratushundred
2Proto-Malayicratushundred
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀatushundred
4Proto-AustronesianʀaCushundred
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus →Every word from Proto-Malayic ratus →