Etymograph

English

Komodo

Komodo comes from Indonesian pulau Komodo.

  1. Indonesianmodernpulau Komodoliterally ‘Komodo Island’
  2. EnglishtodayKomodo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Indonesianmodernpulau Komodoliterally ‘Komodo Island’
  2. EnglishtodayKomodo

The story

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (‘the land of Modo’), used by the native Ata Modo people.

Every English word from Indonesian pulau Komodo

Today it means

name An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Indonesian pulau Komodo / Komodo

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