Where does “kegagalan” come from?

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

kegagalan (Malay): failure

Definitions

  1. failure

Ancestry of “kegagalan”, step by step

kegagalan 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 gagal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygagalto fail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an