Where does “laras bahasa” come from?

laras bahasa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian Bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

laras bahasa (Indonesian): register: a style of a language used in a particular context, which is related to honorific

Definitions

  1. register: a style of a language used in a particular context, which is related to honorific

Ancestry of “laras bahasa”, step by step

laras bahasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—

via Indonesian laras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlarasscale, key, tone
2Malaylarasbarrel of a gun or firearm
3Javaneseꦭꦫꦱ꧀bow
4Old Javaneselaras—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Malay bahasa →