Where does “mengawasi” come from?
mengawasi (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.
mengawasi (Indonesian): to keep an eye on, to keep watch over, to watch, to take care of
Definitions
- to keep an eye on, to keep watch over, to watch, to take care of
Ancestry of “mengawasi”, step by step
mengawasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian meng- -i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -i | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | -i | verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun |
| 3 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 4 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 5 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |