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Where does “orangutan” come from?

orangutan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English orangutan, from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan — scrubland; bush.

orangutan (Serbo-Croatian): orangutan

Definitions

  1. orangutan

Ancestry of “orangutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorangutanAn arboreal anthropoid ape genus "Pongo"...
2MalayOrang Utan—
3Dutchorang-oetanorangutan
4Malayorang hutanAlternative spelling of orang utan
5Indonesianhutanforest
6Malayhutanforest
7Proto-Malayichutanforest
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
9Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush
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