Where does “sebesar” come from?

sebesar (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian besar, from Malay besar, from Proto-Malayic *bəsar.

sebesar (Indonesian): of (used to indicate the number of quantities)

Definitions

  1. of (used to indicate the number of quantities)

Ancestry of “sebesar”, step by step

sebesar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian besar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbesarbig, large; Having a large physical extent from...
2Malaybesarbig, large; big
3Proto-Malayic*bəsar—

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *bəsar →Every word from Malay besar →Every word from Indonesian besar →