Where does “lepas” come from?

lepas (Indonesian) comes from Malay lepas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas — to set free, to let loose, to be liberated.

lepas (Indonesian): untethered

Definitions

  1. untethered

Ancestry of “lepas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylepasafter, past, ago
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləpasto set free, to let loose, to be liberated

Words derived from “lepas”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas →Every word from Malay lepas →
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