Etymology

saman

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Today it means: A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law. Full definition →

Malay saman ← English summons
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The story

  1. English · derived fromsummons
  2. Malay · borrowed fromsaman“fine, financial penalty”
  3. English todaysaman

Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), from English summons. Doublet of summons.

Words from the same roots

Malaysaman all →

summon

Englishsummons all →

summon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.