Where does “bomat” come from?

bomat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian amat, from Malay amat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat.

bomat (Indonesian): careless, indifferent, apathetic

Definitions

  1. careless, indifferent, apathetic

Ancestry of “bomat”, step by step

bomat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian amat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianamatvery
2Malayamatvery
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*amat—

via Proto-Turkic bodo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbodo-to paint
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat →Every word from Malay amat →Every word from Indonesian amat →