Where does “nomor pokok” come from?

nomor pokok (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pokok, from Malay pokok, from Classical Malay pokok.

nomor pokok (Indonesian): registration number: numbers according to the records in the master book

Definitions

  1. registration number: numbers according to the records in the master book

Ancestry of “nomor pokok”, step by step

nomor pokok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pokok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpokokprimary
2Malaypokoktree; primary
3Classical Malaypokok—

via Indonesian nomor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannomornumber
Every word from Classical Malay pokok →Every word from Malay pokok →Every word from Indonesian pokok →