Where does “memperlengkapi” come from?

memperlengkapi (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lengkap, from Malay lengkap — complete, whole.

memperlengkapi (Indonesian): to complement

Definitions

  1. to complement

Ancestry of “memperlengkapi”, step by step

memperlengkapi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lengkap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlengkapcomplete, not incomplete
2Malaylengkapcomplete, whole

via Indonesian memper- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmemper- -i—
Every word from Malay lengkap →