Where does “memastikan” come from?
memastikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pasti, from Malay pasti, from Javanese ꦥꦱ꧀ꦛꦶ, from Old Javanese paṣṭi, from Old Javanese aṣṭi, from Sanskrit अस्ति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hásti, from Sanskrit हस्तिन् — hand; take, give in exchange.
memastikan (Indonesian): to make sure, to assure
Definitions
- to make sure, to assure
Ancestry of “memastikan”, step by step
memastikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian pasti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pasti | sure |
| 2 | Malay | pasti | sure, certain |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦥꦱ꧀ꦛꦶ | certain, definite, sure |
| 4 | Old Javanese | paṣṭi | decided, fixed |
| 5 | Old Javanese | aṣṭi | chanda of 16 syllables |
| 6 | Sanskrit | अस्ति | to be; to live; to exist, be present |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásti | to be |
| 8 | Sanskrit | हस्तिन् | an elephant |
| 9 | Sanskrit | हस्त | the hand; an elephant's trunk; the forearm |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | źʰástas | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰástas | hand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰés-to- | hand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |
via Indonesian meng- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -kan | used to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of) |
| 2 | Indonesian | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 3 | Malay | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *mAN- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *maN- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *maN- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |