Where does “tuan-tuan dan puan-puan” come from?

tuan-tuan dan puan-puan (Malay) comes from Malay empuan, from Malay empu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əmpu.

tuan-tuan dan puan-puan (Malay): ladies and gentlemen

Definitions

  1. ladies and gentlemen

Ancestry of “tuan-tuan dan puan-puan”, step by step

tuan-tuan dan puan-puan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay empuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempuanlady
2MalayempuAn honorific title applied to artists and...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəmpu—

via Malay tuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuanmaster, lord; mister
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuandeity
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əmpu →Every word from Malay empu →Every word from Malay empuan →