Where does “perbagus” come from?

perbagus (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bagus, from Malay bagus, from Proto-Malayic bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bagus — handsome agreeable to the eye or to correct taste.

perbagus (Indonesian): to improve

Definitions

  1. to improve

Ancestry of “perbagus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbagushandsome; good
2Malaybagushandsome; good
3Proto-Malayicbagushandsome
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicbagushandsome
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bagushandsome agreeable to the eye or to correct taste
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bagus →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bagus →Every word from Proto-Malayic bagus →