Where does “itam” come from?

itam (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm — black.

Ancestry of “itam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qitəmblack
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm