Where does “lapisan” come from?
lapisan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lapis, from Malay lapis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapis.
lapisan (Indonesian): layer; stratum; coating
Ancestry of “lapisan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | lapis | layer, lining; row; stratum |
| 2 | Malay | lapis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *lapis | — |