Where does “batas kecepatan” come from?

batas kecepatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian batas, from Malay batas — boundary; limit; limit; border.

batas kecepatan (Indonesian): speed limit

Definitions

  1. speed limit

Ancestry of “batas kecepatan”, step by step

batas kecepatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian batas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbataslimit; border
2Malaybatasboundary; limit; limit; border

via Indonesian kecepatan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankecepatanspeed
Every word from Malay batas →Every word from Indonesian batas →