Where does “memasang” come from?

memasang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pasang, from Malay pasang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasaŋ — pair.

memasang (Indonesian): To put on; To set; To attach

Definitions

  1. To put on; To set; To attach

Ancestry of “memasang”, step by step

memasang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pasang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpasangcouple
2Malaypasangto rise; couple
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pasaŋpair

via Classical Malay memasang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malaymemasang—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasaŋ →Every word from Malay pasang →Every word from Indonesian pasang →