Where does “bahasa alami” come from?
bahasa alami (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian Bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.
bahasa alami (Indonesian): natural language
Ancestry of “bahasa alami”, step by step
bahasa alami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian Bahasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | Bahasa | language |
| 2 | Malay | bahasa | language; decorum, appropriate social behavior |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |
via Indonesian alami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | alami | natural |
| 2 | Indonesian | alam | nature; realm; world |
| 3 | Malay | alam | realm, world; field |
| 4 | Arabic | عَالَم | world; universe; world, universe |