Where does “pendidikan” come from?
pendidikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian luar, from Indonesian kelas, from Malay kelas, from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe — to call, cry, summon.
pendidikan (Indonesian): education, the process of imparting knowledge,...
Definitions
- education, the process of imparting knowledge,...
Ancestry of “pendidikan”, step by step
pendidikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian luar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | luar | outside; external; foreign |
| 2 | Indonesian | kelas | class |
| 3 | Malay | kelas | class |
| 4 | Dutch | klas | a school class; a classroom; travel class |
| 5 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 6 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 7 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 8 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 9 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 10 | Russian | класс | class |
| 11 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
via Malay pendidikan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | pendidikan | education; education, the process of imparting... |
| 2 | Malay | didik | to provide intellectual training |