Where does “luar biasa” come from?

luar biasa (Malay) comes from Malay biasa, from Old Javanese [[byasa]], [[bhyāsa]], [[abhyāsa]], from Sanskrit अभ्यास, from Sanskrit अभ्यस्, from Sanskrit अस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *has-.

luar biasa (Malay): extraordinary

Definitions

  1. extraordinary

Ancestry of “luar biasa”, step by step

luar biasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay biasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybiasanormal; normal, ordinary, regular; common
2Old Javanese[[byasa]], [[bhyāsa]], [[abhyāsa]]—
3Sanskritअभ्यासhabit; practice, habit
4Sanskritअभ्यस्to be over, reign over, excel, surpass, overpower
5Sanskritअस्to be; to throw
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*has-—

via Malay luar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayluaroutside; external; foreign
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*luqar—

Words derived from “luar biasa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *has- →