Where does “mari” come from?
mari (Indonesian) comes from Malay mari, from Proto-Malayic mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.
mari (Indonesian): to come here; come on!
Ancestry of “mari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | mari | to come; come on; to come here |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | mari | to come |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *(um-)aʀi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *(um-)aʀi | — |