Where does “tentu” come from?
tentu (Malay) comes from Papiamentu tantu, from Portuguese tanto, from Old Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tentu (Malay): certain; sure; definite; fixed
Definitions
- certain; sure; definite; fixed
Ancestry of “tentu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papiamentu | tantu | whole, all of; complete, entire; completely,... |
| 2 | Portuguese | tanto | so much; so much / so many; tanto … quanto |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | tanto | so much |
| 4 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 5 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |