Where does “kebagusan” come from?
kebagusan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bagus, from Malay bagus, from Proto-Malayic bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bagus — handsome agreeable to the eye or to correct taste.
kebagusan (Indonesian): goodness, niceness
Definitions
- goodness, niceness
Ancestry of “kebagusan”, step by step
kebagusan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian bagus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bagus | handsome; good |
| 2 | Malay | bagus | handsome; good |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | bagus | handsome |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | bagus | handsome |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *bagus | handsome agreeable to the eye or to correct taste |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |