Where does “mengembalikan” come from?
mengembalikan (Malay) comes from Malay kembali — to go back, to return; to repeat, to do again;...
mengembalikan (Malay): return (as in returning something to someone)
Definitions
- return (as in returning something to someone)
Ancestry of “mengembalikan”, step by step
mengembalikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay kembali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kembali | to go back, to return; to repeat, to do again;... |
via Malay meng- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | meng- -kan | Forms an adjective that carries the meaning of causing something to be the base word |