Where does “bekas” come from?
bekas (Classical Malay) comes from Malay bekas, from Hindi बकस, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
bekas (Classical Malay): track; trace, mark; former, late, ex-
Definitions
- track; trace, mark; former, late, ex-
Ancestry of “bekas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | bekas | trace, mark; container, receptacle; former, late,... |
| 2 | Hindi | बकस | box |
| 3 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 4 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “bekas”