Where does “singkatan” come from?

singkatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian singkat, from Malay singkat — short; brief.

singkatan (Indonesian): abbreviation

Definitions

  1. abbreviation

Ancestry of “singkatan”, step by step

singkatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian singkat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansingkatshort
2Malaysingkatshort; brief

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan
Every word from Malay singkat