Etymology

pondok

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Today it means: A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia. Full definition →

Malay pondok ← Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq) ← Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  6. Ancient Greekδοκ- (dok-)
  7. Ancient Greekπανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon)
  8. Arabicفُنْدُق (funduq)
  9. Malaypondok
  10. English todaypondok

Borrowed from Malay pondok, borrowed from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), borrowed from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + δοκ- (dok-, o-grade of the stem of δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”)) + -εῖον (-eîon).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.