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 *suʀatEvery word from Proto-Malayic suratEvery word from Malay surat