Where does “kejahatan” come from?

kejahatan (Indonesian) comes from Malay kejahatan, from Malay jahat, from Proto-Malayic jahat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqat — bad, evil; ugly.

kejahatan (Indonesian): crime

Definitions

  1. crime

Ancestry of “kejahatan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykejahatanevil; crime
2Malayjahatbad, evil; naughty, undisciplined; malicious
3Proto-Malayicjahatbad, evil
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaqatbad, evil; ugly

Words derived from “kejahatan”

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