Where does “sekolah kelas dua” come from?

sekolah kelas dua (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kelas, from Malay kelas, from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.

sekolah kelas dua (Indonesian): school for the lower classes of society

Definitions

  1. school for the lower classes of society

Ancestry of “sekolah kelas dua”, step by step

sekolah kelas dua traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kelas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankelasclass
2Malaykelasclass
3Dutchklasa school class; a classroom; travel class
4Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
5Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
6Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
7Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
8Germanklassegreat, awesome
9Russianклассclass
10Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
11Proto-Italicklāssis
12Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via Indonesian sekolah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansekolahschool; school time; learning
2Malaysekolahschool; school time; learning
3Portugueseescolaschool; campus; college
4Old Portugueseescola
5LatinscholaLeisure time given to learning; schooltime,...
6Ancient Greekσχολήleisure, free time; rest; that in which leisure...
7Proto-Hellenicskʰolā́
8Proto-Indo-Europeansǵʰ-h₃-léh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeanseǵʰ-to hold; to overpower

via Indonesian dua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianduatwo
2Malayduatwo
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
5Proto-Austronesian*duha
6Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-