Where does “surat tugas” come from?

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

surat tugas (Indonesian): letter of assignment

Definitions

  1. letter of assignment

Ancestry of “surat tugas”, step by step

surat tugas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian surat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Indonesian tugas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantugastask
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →