Where does “orang bukan Islam” come from?

orang bukan Islam (Malay) comes from Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

orang bukan Islam (Malay): A non-Muslim

Definitions

  1. A non-Muslim

Ancestry of “orang bukan Islam”, step by step

orang bukan Islam traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Islam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayIslamIslam
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

via Malay orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider

via Malay bukan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybukanno; not; isn't it?
2Classical Malaybukan
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV-