Where does “kapur” come from?
kapur (Old Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ — lime, calcium.
Ancestry of “kapur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | *kapur | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | qapuʀ | lime, calcium |