Where does “seorang” come from?

seorang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian orang, from Malay orang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uRaŋ — outsider.

Ancestry of “seorang”, step by step

seorang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianoranghuman, person; a vassal; a subject; a person who...
2Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
3Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—

Words derived from “seorang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian uRaŋ →