English
macassar
Macassar comes from English Makassar ‘a port city in Indonesia’.
- English1500–presentMakassar‘a port city in Indonesia’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009macassar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- English1500–presentMakassar‘a port city in Indonesia’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009macassar
Earliest quotation: 2009, Opening Later: “THE EMPIRE ROOM Mark Grossich, who created the Campbell…”
Every English word from English Makassar
Today it means
noun A form of ebony from the tree Diospyros celebica
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English Makassar / macassar