Where does “parasurat” come from?

parasurat (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

Ancestry of “parasurat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralsurat
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat