Where does “kekacauan” come from?

kekacauan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kacau, from Malay kacau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kacaw.

kekacauan (Indonesian): chaos; mess

Definitions

  1. chaos; mess

Ancestry of “kekacauan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankacauconfused; disorderly
2Malaykacauconfused; disorderly
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kacaw—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kacaw →Every word from Malay kacau →Every word from Indonesian kacau →