Where does “searah” come from?

searah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian arah, from Malay arah — direction.

searah (Indonesian): one-way

Definitions

  1. one-way

Ancestry of “searah”, step by step

searah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian arah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianarahdirection
2Malayarahdirection

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—
Every word from Malay arah →Every word from Indonesian arah →