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Where does “tersangka” come from?

tersangka (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-.

tersangka (Indonesian): suspect

Definitions

  1. suspect

Ancestry of “tersangka”, 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-—
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