Where does “kesuksesan” come from?
kesuksesan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sukses, from Dutch succes, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo.
Ancestry of “kesuksesan”, step by step
kesuksesan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian sukses
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sukses | successful |
| 2 | Dutch | succes | success |
| 3 | French | succès | success; achievement |
| 4 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 5 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 6 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 7 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
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 | — |