English
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste comes from Portuguese Timor-Leste.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentTimor-Lesteliterally ‘East Timor’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Portuguesec. 1500–presentTimor-Lesteliterally ‘East Timor’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Portuguese Timor-Leste
Today it means
name East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Timor-Leste / Timor-Leste