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pandan

The fragrant screwpine whose leaves flavour Southeast Asian sweets has an Austronesian name thousands of years old; Malay pandan gave English both pandan and, through botanists' Latin, pandanus.

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The road to English

From Malay to New Latin, English

From New Latin to German

From Malay to Tagalog

From Malay to Indonesian

From English to Japanese

1500Malay

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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