Where does “pengembang” come from?

pengembang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kembang, from Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ.

pengembang (Indonesian): developer

Definitions

  1. developer

Ancestry of “pengembang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankembangflower; to bloom
2Malaykembangflower; to expand, to blossom out; swollen
3Proto-Malayickəmbaŋ—
4Proto-Austronesian*kəmbaŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ →