Where does “sekali pakai” come from?

sekali pakai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sekali, from Malay sekali, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa.

sekali pakai (Indonesian): disposable, single-use, throwaway

Definitions

  1. disposable, single-use, throwaway

Ancestry of “sekali pakai”, step by step

sekali pakai traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian sekali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansekalionce; very
2Malaysekalionce; very
3Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
4Old Malaysa-
5Proto-MalayicsA-one
6Proto-Malayicəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
10Proto-Austronesian*əsa
11Proto-Oceanic*isa

via English single-use

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsingle-useDesigned or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of
2EnglishuseThe act of using; The act of consuming alcohol or...
3Middle Englishuse
4Old Frenchustradition or custom
5Latinūsususe, employment, exercise, advantage
6Latinūtorto use, make use of, employ
7Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъcroze
8Proto-Slavictorъpaddock, pen
9Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

via Indonesian pakai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpakaito wear; marks instrumental object; can be...
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa