Where does “mayat” come from?

mayat (Indonesian) comes from Malay mayat, from Arabic ميت, from Arabic مَيِّت — dead.

mayat (Indonesian): dead body; corpse; cadaver

Definitions

  1. dead body; corpse; cadaver

Ancestry of “mayat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymayatcorpse
2Arabicميتdead; active participle of مَاتَ
3Arabicمَيِّتdead

Words derived from “mayat”

Every word from Arabic مَيِّت →Every word from Arabic ميت →Every word from Malay mayat →