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
- document; letter; inscription
Ancestry of “surat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | surat | document; letter; inscription |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | surat | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *suʀat | — |
Words derived from “surat”