Where does “lepas landas” come from?

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

lepas landas (Indonesian): takeoff

Definitions

  1. takeoff

Ancestry of “lepas landas”, step by step

lepas landas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lepas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlepasuntethered
2Malaylepasafter, past, ago
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləpasto set free, to let loose, to be liberated

via Indonesian landas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlandasbase
2Malaylandas—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas →