Where does “menyebabkan” come from?

menyebabkan (Malay) comes from Malay sebab, from Classical Malay سبب, from Arabic سَبَبْ.

menyebabkan (Malay): to cause; to lead to; to bring about; to result in to be the reason something happens

Definitions

  1. to cause; to lead to; to bring about; to result in to be the reason something happens

Ancestry of “menyebabkan”, step by step

menyebabkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sebab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysebabreason; because
2Classical Malayسبب
3Arabicسَبَبْ

via Malay meng- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymeng- -kanForms an adjective that carries the meaning of causing something to be the base word
Every word from Arabic سَبَبْ