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
- disposable, single-use, throwaway
Ancestry of “sekali pakai”, step by step
sekali pakai traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian sekali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sekali | once; very |
| 2 | Malay | sekali | once; very |
| 3 | Malay | se- | one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;... |
| 4 | Old Malay | sa- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | sA- | one |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 10 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 11 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via English single-use
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | single-use | Designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of |
| 2 | English | use | The act of using; The act of consuming alcohol or... |
| 3 | Middle English | use | — |
| 4 | Old French | us | tradition or custom |
| 5 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Indonesian pakai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pakai | to wear; marks instrumental object; can be... |