Where does “menghilang” come from?

menghilang (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.

menghilang (Indonesian): to disappear, to vanish, to be no longer visible

Definitions

  1. to disappear, to vanish, to be no longer visible

Ancestry of “menghilang”, 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
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