Where does “percontoh” come from?

percontoh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian per-, from Malay per-, from Proto-Austronesian *paR- — derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns.

percontoh (Indonesian): sample: a subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population

Definitions

  1. sample: a subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population

Ancestry of “percontoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianper-Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with...
2Malayper-abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form...
3Proto-Austronesian*paR-derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *paR- →Every word from Indonesian per- →Every word from Malay per- →