Where does “cinto sogi tigo” come from?
cinto sogi tigo (Negeri Sembilan Malay) comes from Malay cinta segi tiga, from Malay segi tiga, from English triangle, from Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, from Latin triangulus, from Latin Angulus — curve, bend.
cinto sogi tigo (Negeri Sembilan Malay): love triangle
Definitions
- love triangle
Ancestry of “cinto sogi tigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | cinta segi tiga | love triangle |
| 2 | Malay | segi tiga | triangle polygon |
| 3 | English | triangle | A polygon with three sides and three angles; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | triangle | — |
| 5 | Old French | triangle | — |
| 6 | Latin | triangulum | triangle; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 8 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |