Where does “tapak sesawang” come from?

tapak sesawang (Malay) comes from English website, from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tapak sesawang (Malay): website

Definitions

  1. website

Ancestry of “tapak sesawang”, step by step

tapak sesawang traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English website

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwebsiteA collection of interlinked web pages on the...
2EnglishsiteSorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;...
3Middle Englishsitesorrow, grief
4Anglo-Normansitesite; location
5Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Malay tapak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytapakfootprint; mark left by a foot
2Proto-Malayic*tapak
3Proto-Austronesian*tapaq

via Malay sesawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysesawangweb-like; spiderweb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
tapak sesawang — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer