Where does “kecemasan” come from?

kecemasan (Malay) comes from Malay ke- -an, from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kecemasan (Malay): emergency

Definitions

  1. emergency

Ancestry of “kecemasan”, step by step

kecemasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
3Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

via Malay cemas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycemasanxious; worried; nervous; apprehensive feeling fear, unease, or concern about a situation
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -anEvery word from Proto-Malayic *kə- -anEvery word from Malay ke- -an
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