Where does “sabit” come from?

sabit (Malay) comes from Arabic ثَابِت, from Arabic ثَبَتَ — to be firm, to be fixed; to be firm, to persist;...

Ancestry of “sabit”, step by step

sabit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ثَابِت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثَابِتconstant; stable; unchanging; certain; permanent
2Arabicثَبَتَto be firm, to be fixed; to be firm, to persist;...

via Proto-Malayic *sabit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*sabit
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sabit

Words derived from “sabit

Every word from Arabic ثَبَتَEvery word from Arabic ثَابِت