Where does “pembangunan” come from?

pembangunan (Malay) comes from Malay bangun, from Proto-Malayic baŋun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baŋun, from Proto-Austronesian baŋuN — to wake up.

pembangunan (Malay): building (act or process of building)

Definitions

  1. building (act or process of building)

Ancestry of “pembangunan”, step by step

pembangunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay bangun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybangunto get up; to stand up; to wake up
2Proto-Malayicbaŋunto wake up
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaŋunto wake up
4Proto-AustronesianbaŋuNto wake up

via Malay pem- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypem- -an—

Words derived from “pembangunan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian baŋuN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baŋun →Every word from Proto-Malayic baŋun →