Where does “pembangkit listrik” come from?
pembangkit listrik (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian listrik, from Dutch elektriciteit, from English electricity, from English electric, from English -ally, from English ahistoric, from English historic, from Latin historicus.
pembangkit listrik (Indonesian): power plant, power station
Definitions
- power plant, power station
Ancestry of “pembangkit listrik”, step by step
pembangkit listrik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian listrik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | listrik | electricity |
| 2 | Dutch | elektriciteit | electricity |
| 3 | English | electricity | Originally, a property of amber and certain other... |
| 4 | English | electric | Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or... |
| 5 | English | -ally | used with adjectives ending in -ic |
| 6 | English | ahistoric | Synonym of ahistorical |
| 7 | English | historic | Very important; noteworthy: having importance or... |
| 8 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 9 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 15 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via Indonesian pembangkit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pembangkit | generator |
| 2 | Indonesian | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 3 | Malay | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 4 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 5 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 6 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 7 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |