Where does “samar” come from?

samar (Indonesian) comes from Malay samar — dim, faint, unclear, vague, indistinct.

samar (Indonesian): dim, vague

Definitions

  1. dim, vague

Ancestry of “samar”, step by step

samar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay samar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysamardim, faint, unclear, vague, indistinct

via Javanese samar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesesamar—

Words derived from “samar”

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