Where does “terbelakang” come from?

terbelakang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ter-, from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

terbelakang (Indonesian): furthest back, rearmost, endmost

Definitions

  1. furthest back, rearmost, endmost

Ancestry of “terbelakang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
2Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
3Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
4Proto-MalayictAr-
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-
6Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-