Where does “menganiayai” come from?

menganiayai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian meng- -i, from Indonesian -i, from Malay -i, from English -ee, from French -ée, from Middle French -ee, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

menganiayai (Indonesian): to prosecute, to do oppression, to do injustice

Definitions

  1. to prosecute, to do oppression, to do injustice

Ancestry of “menganiayai”, step by step

menganiayai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian meng- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng- -i
2Indonesian-iverbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun
3Malay-ilocative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to...
4English-eeAdded to transitive verbs to form words meaning a...
5French-éeForming feminine nouns having the sense of...
6Middle French-eeforms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as
7Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
8Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
9Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
10Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Indonesian aniaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiananiayapersecution, oppression, injustice
2Malayaniayamaltreatment; abuse; injustice; tyranny; oppression
3Classical Malayانياي
4Sanskritअन्याय
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -eusEvery word from Ancient Greek -εῖος
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