Where does “barisan tersangka kosong” come from?

barisan tersangka kosong (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tersangka, from Indonesian ter-, from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

barisan tersangka kosong (Indonesian): a method used by police to measure the accuracy of witnesses by creating a lineup without the suspect in it

Definitions

  1. a method used by police to measure the accuracy of witnesses by creating a lineup without the suspect in it

Ancestry of “barisan tersangka kosong”, step by step

barisan tersangka kosong traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tersangka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantersangkasuspect
2Indonesianter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
4Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
5Proto-MalayictAr-
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-
7Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-

via Indonesian barisan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbarisanfront
2Indonesianbarisrow; marching, placed or situated in a line or...
3Malaybarisline; row; marching, placed or situated in a line...

via Indonesian kosong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankosongempty literally or figuratively
2Malaykosongzero; empty
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-