Etymograph

English

ejoo

Ejoo comes from Malay ijuk ‘gomuti’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *izuk.

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*izuk1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*ijuk1reconstructed
  3. Malaymodernijuk2‘gomuti’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1841ejoo2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Malay ijuk
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English ejoo
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1841, The Australian, Sydney: “[T]he ejoo, used by the Malay pirates for their…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*izukWiktionary, Malay ijukreconstructed
  2. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*ijukWiktionary, Malay ijukreconstructed
  3. MalaymodernijukWiktionary, English ejoo‘gomuti’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1841ejooWiktionary, English ejoo. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1841, The Australian, Sydney: “[T]he ejoo, used by the Malay pirates for their…”

Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *izuk

Today it means

noun Synonym of gomuti.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ejoo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Malay ijuk. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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