Where does “kebiasaan” come from?
kebiasaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian biasa, from Malay biasa, from Old Javanese [[byasa]], [[bhyāsa]], [[abhyāsa]], from Sanskrit अभ्यास, from Sanskrit अभ्यस्, from Sanskrit अस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *has-.
kebiasaan (Indonesian): habit
Definitions
- habit
Ancestry of “kebiasaan”, step by step
kebiasaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian biasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | biasa | normal, ordinary, regular; common; used, usual,... |
| 2 | Malay | biasa | normal; normal, ordinary, regular; common |
| 3 | Old Javanese | [[byasa]], [[bhyāsa]], [[abhyāsa]] | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अभ्यास | habit; practice, habit |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अभ्यस् | to be over, reign over, excel, surpass, overpower |
| 6 | Sanskrit | अस् | to be; to throw |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *has- | — |
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 | — |