Where does “keterlambatan” come from?
keterlambatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian terlambat, from Indonesian ter-, from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.
keterlambatan (Indonesian): lateness
Definitions
- lateness
Ancestry of “keterlambatan”, step by step
keterlambatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian terlambat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | terlambat | slowest |
| 2 | Indonesian | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 3 | Malay | ter- | agentless actions, such as those which are... |
| 4 | Classical Malay | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | tAr- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taʀ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | taʀ- | — |
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 | — |