Where does “surat” come from?

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

Ancestry of “surat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Proto-Malayicsurat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

Words derived from “surat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →