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

  1. zinc

Ancestry of “timah sari”, step by step

timah sari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysariessence; flower; sari, the traditional dress of...
2Sanskritसारcourse, motion; stretching out, extension;...
3EnglishSirAlternative letter-case form of sir; The titular...
4EnglishsireA lord, master, or other person in authority,...
5Middle EnglishsireUsed preceding the name or title of a knight,...
6Old Frenchsirenominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;...
7Vulgar Latinseior
8Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
9Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
10Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

via Malay timah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimahtin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantiməʀaqtin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Latin senexEvery word from Latin senior