Where does “garis bawah” come from?
garis bawah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bawah, from Malay bawah, from Proto-Malayic *bawah.
garis bawah (Indonesian): underline
Ancestry of “garis bawah”, step by step
garis bawah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian bawah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bawah | under; below |
| 2 | Malay | bawah | under, below; under; below |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *bawah | — |
via Indonesian garis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | garis | line, dash, stripe |
| 2 | Malay | garis | line, dash, stripe |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *karis | — |
Words derived from “garis bawah”