Etymology

batik

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Today it means: A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric. Full definition →

Javanese bathik ← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik ← Proto-Austronesian *bəCik
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  1. Proto-Austronesian*bəCik
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətik
  3. Javanesebathik
  4. English todaybatik

Borrowed from Javanese bathik.

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