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Where does “bekas” come from?

bekas (Malay) comes from Hindi बकस, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

bekas (Malay): trace, mark; container, receptacle; former, late,...

Definitions

  1. trace, mark; container, receptacle; former, late,...

Ancestry of “bekas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबकसbox
2EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
3Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-āre—
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “bekas”

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