Where does “garis bawah” come from?

garis bawah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bawah, from Malay bawah, from Proto-Malayic *bawah.

garis bawah (Indonesian): underline

Definitions

  1. underline

Ancestry of “garis bawah”, step by step

garis bawah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bawah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbawahunder; below
2Malaybawahunder, below; under; below
3Proto-Malayic*bawah

via Indonesian garis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangarisline, dash, stripe
2Malaygarisline, dash, stripe
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*karis

Words derived from “garis bawah

Every word from Proto-Malayic *bawah
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