Where does “sewaktu” come from?

sewaktu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian waktu, from Malay waktu, from Arabic وَقْت — time.

sewaktu (Indonesian): same-timed

Definitions

  1. same-timed

Ancestry of “sewaktu”, step by step

sewaktu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian waktu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianwaktutime
2Malaywaktutime
3Arabicوَقْتtime

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse
Every word from Arabic وَقْت