Where does “pesakit” come from?

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

pesakit (Indonesian): patient: a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person

Definitions

  1. patient: a person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person

Ancestry of “pesakit”, 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- →
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