Where does “garis besar” come from?

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

garis besar (Indonesian): bigger line

Definitions

  1. bigger line

Ancestry of “garis besar”, step by step

garis besar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian besar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbesarbig, large; Having a large physical extent from...
2Malaybesarbig, large; big
3Proto-Malayic*bəsar—

via Indonesian garis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangarisline, dash, stripe
2Malaygarisline, dash, stripe
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*karis—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *bəsar →