Where does “luar biasa” come from?

luar biasa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian luar, from Indonesian kelas, from Malay kelas, from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe — to call, cry, summon.

luar biasa (Indonesian): extraordinary

Definitions

  1. extraordinary

Ancestry of “luar biasa”, step by step

luar biasa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian luar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianluaroutside; external; foreign
2Indonesiankelasclass
3Malaykelasclass
4Dutchklasa school class; a classroom; travel class
5Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
6Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
7Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
8Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
9Germanklassegreat, awesome
10Russianклассclass
11Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
12Proto-Italicklāssis
13Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via Indonesian biasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbiasanormal, ordinary, regular; common; used, usual,...
2Malaybiasanormal; normal, ordinary, regular; common
3Old Javanese[[byasa]], [[bhyāsa]], [[abhyāsa]]
4Sanskritअभ्यासhabit; practice, habit
5Sanskritअभ्यस्to be over, reign over, excel, surpass, overpower
6Sanskritअस्to be; to throw
7Proto-Indo-Iranian*has-

via Malay luar biasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayluar biasaextraordinary

Words derived from “luar biasa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-
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