Where does “kaumaafkan” come from?

kaumaafkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian maaf, from Malay maaf, from Persian معاف, from Arabic مُعَاف, from Arabic مُعَافًى.

kaumaafkan (Indonesian): second-person passive form of memaafkan

Definitions

  1. second-person passive form of memaafkan

Ancestry of “kaumaafkan”, step by step

kaumaafkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian maaf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmaafsorry; pardon; apology
2Malaymaafpardon, forgiveness; sorry; excuse me
3Persianمعافexempt
4Arabicمُعَافexempt
5Arabicمُعَافًى—

via Indonesian kau- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankau- -kan—
Every word from Arabic مُعَافًى →Every word from Arabic مُعَاف →Every word from Persian معاف →