Where does “atoer” come from?

atoer (Peranakan Indonesian) comes from Malay atur, from Malay hatur, from Proto-Malayic hatur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuʀ — to arrange.

atoer (Peranakan Indonesian): to arrange (to set up, to organise)

Definitions

  1. to arrange (to set up, to organise)

Ancestry of “atoer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayaturto arrange
2MalayhaturObsolete form of atur
3Proto-Malayichaturto arrange
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuʀto arrange
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic hatur →Every word from Malay hatur →