English
Timorese
From Timor + -ese.
Formed from Timor + -ese
Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ
Proto-Malayic *timur
Malay timur ‘east’
Malay Timor
English Timor
Today it means
adj Of or from Timor
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Timorese