Where does “peratus” come from?
peratus (Malay) comes from Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaCus.
Ancestry of “peratus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ratus | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | ratus | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ʀatus | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ʀaCus | — |