Where does “minat” come from?

minat (Indonesian) comes from Malay minat, from Proto-Malayic *minat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat — desire.

minat (Indonesian): interest

Definitions

  1. interest

Ancestry of “minat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayminatinterest
2Proto-Malayic*minat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*minatdesire

Words derived from “minat

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat