Where does “Kisah Para Rasul” come from?

Kisah Para Rasul (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kisah, from Malay kisah, from Classical Malay kissah, from Classical Persian قِصَّه, from Arabic قِصَّة.

Kisah Para Rasul (Indonesian): Acts of the Apostles

Definitions

  1. Acts of the Apostles

Ancestry of “Kisah Para Rasul”, step by step

Kisah Para Rasul traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kisah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankisahstory, tale
2Malaykisah—
3Classical Malaykissah—
4Classical Persianقِصَّه—
5Arabicقِصَّة—

via Indonesian para

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianparasome, the; the; present
2Malayparadefinitive prefix used to denote that the word preceded is plural
3Proto-Austronesian*paʀa—

via English rasul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrasulA prophet or messenger in Islam; Muhammad, as a...
2Arabicرَسُولmessenger, apostle
Every word from Arabic قِصَّة →Every word from Classical Persian قِصَّه →Every word from Classical Malay kissah →