Where does “lebih baik” come from?
lebih baik (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lebih, from Malay lebih, from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Austronesian *ləbiq.
lebih baik (Indonesian): better
Ancestry of “lebih baik”, step by step
lebih baik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian lebih
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | lebih | more, to a greater degree or extent |
| 2 | Malay | lebih | remainder |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *ləbih | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ləbiq | — |
via Indonesian baik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | baik | good; decent; okay |
| 2 | Malay | baik | good; okay; decent |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *bait | — |
Words derived from “lebih baik”