Where does “keputusasaan” come from?
keputusasaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian putus asa, from Indonesian asa, from Minangkabau asa, from Sanskrit आशा, from Sanskrit आ॒शस्, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.
keputusasaan (Indonesian): hopelessness, despair
Definitions
- hopelessness, despair
Ancestry of “keputusasaan”, step by step
keputusasaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian putus asa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | putus asa | to be hopeless, to despair |
| 2 | Indonesian | asa | hope; thought; to suspect; to think; to expect |
| 3 | Minangkabau | asa | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आशा | hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect; a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | आ॒शस् | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | आ- | up, upon, on |
| 7 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *HáH | — |
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 | — |