Where does “kawasan ekonomi khusus” come from?

kawasan ekonomi khusus (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian khusus, from Malay khusus, from Arabic خُصُوص.

kawasan ekonomi khusus (Indonesian): special economic zone: an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country, to encourage investment and development especially through fiscal incentives

Definitions

  1. special economic zone: an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country, to encourage investment and development especially through fiscal incentives

Ancestry of “kawasan ekonomi khusus”, step by step

kawasan ekonomi khusus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian khusus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankhususspecial, unique, particular
2Malaykhususspecial, unique, uncommon
3Arabicخُصُوص

via Indonesian kawasan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankawasanregion: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural
2Classical Malaykawasan
3Javaneseꦏꦮꦱꦤ꧀
Every word from Arabic خُصُوص