Where does “segi empat” come from?

segi empat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian empat, from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

segi empat (Indonesian): quadrilateral

Definitions

  1. quadrilateral

Ancestry of “segi empat”, step by step

segi empat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianempatfour
2Malayempatfour
3Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
5Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Indonesian segi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansegiside
2Malaysegi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →