Where does “mencegah” come from?

mencegah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian meng-, from Malay meng-, from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

mencegah (Indonesian): to prevent

Definitions

  1. to prevent

Ancestry of “mencegah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
2Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Proto-Malayic*mAN-—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “mencegah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Indonesian meng- →Every word from Malay meng- →