Where does “rapat” come from?

rapat (Indonesian) comes from Malay rapat, from Proto-Malayic *rapət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət.

rapat (Indonesian): close

Definitions

  1. close

Ancestry of “rapat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrapatclose; tight; dense (of physical proximity)
2Proto-Malayic*rapət—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*rapət—

Words derived from “rapat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət →Every word from Proto-Malayic *rapət →Every word from Malay rapat →
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