Where does “mengimbangi” come from?

mengimbangi (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.

mengimbangi (Indonesian): to equal, to match; to keep up with, to keep pace with

Definitions

  1. to equal, to match; to keep up with, to keep pace with

Ancestry of “mengimbangi”, step by step

mengimbangi 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 imbang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianimbangbalanced
2Malayimbang
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*imbaŋ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós