Where does “lapisan” come from?

lapisan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lapis, from Malay lapis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapis.

lapisan (Indonesian): layer; stratum; coating

Definitions

  1. layer; stratum; coating

Ancestry of “lapisan”, step by step

lapisan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lapis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlapislayer, lining; row; stratum
2Malaylapislayer
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lapis—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapis →Every word from Malay lapis →Every word from Indonesian lapis →