Where does “mungkin” come from?

mungkin (Indonesian) comes from Malay mungkin, from Arabic مُمْكِن, from Arabic أَمْكَنَ — to be possible.

mungkin (Indonesian): maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably

Definitions

  1. maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably

Ancestry of “mungkin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymungkinmaybe, perhaps, possibly; maybe, perhaps,...
2Arabicمُمْكِنpossible
3Arabicأَمْكَنَto be possible

Words derived from “mungkin”

Every word from Arabic أَمْكَنَ →Every word from Arabic مُمْكِن →Every word from Malay mungkin →