Where does “maklumat” come from?

maklumat (Indonesian) comes from Malay maklumat, from Arabic معلومات, from Arabic مَعْلُومَات — information.

maklumat (Indonesian): announcement

Definitions

  1. announcement

Ancestry of “maklumat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymaklumatinformation
2Arabicمعلوماتinformation; known things, knowledge, sciences,...
3Arabicمَعْلُومَاتinformation
Every word from Arabic مَعْلُومَات →Every word from Arabic معلومات →Every word from Malay maklumat →