Where does “surat” come from?

surat (Indonesian) comes from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surat (Indonesian): document; letter; inscription

Definitions

  1. document; letter; inscription

Ancestry of “surat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Proto-Malayicsurat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

Words derived from “surat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →