Where does “sembarangan” come from?

sembarangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sembarang, from Indonesian sebarang.

sembarangan (Indonesian): carelessly, haphazardly, randomly

Definitions

  1. carelessly, haphazardly, randomly

Ancestry of “sembarangan”, step by step

sembarangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian sembarang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansembarangany
2Indonesiansebarang—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Indonesian sebarang →Every word from Indonesian sembarang →