Where does “kesinambungan” come from?
kesinambungan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sinambung, from Indonesian sambung, from Malay sambung, from Javanese sambung, from Old Javanese sambuṅ — to join.
kesinambungan (Indonesian): continuity
Definitions
- continuity
Ancestry of “kesinambungan”, step by step
kesinambungan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian sinambung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sinambung | to continue |
| 2 | Indonesian | sambung | to connect |
| 3 | Malay | sambung | to connect; to join; to link; to attach physical objects |
| 4 | Javanese | sambung | to join |
| 5 | Old Javanese | sambuṅ | to join |
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 | — |