Where does “kemampuan membayar” come from?

kemampuan membayar (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kemampuan, from Indonesian ke- -an, from Malay ke- -an, from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kemampuan membayar (Indonesian): ability to pay

Definitions

  1. ability to pay

Ancestry of “kemampuan membayar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankemampuanability
2Indonesianke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
3Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
4Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
5Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an
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