Where does “timah sari” come from?
timah sari (Malay) comes from Malay sari, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior — old.
timah sari (Malay): zinc
Definitions
- zinc
Ancestry of “timah sari”, step by step
timah sari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay sari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | sari | essence; flower; sari, the traditional dress of... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 3 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 4 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 5 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 6 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 8 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 9 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |