Where does “selamat pagi” come from?

selamat pagi (Malay) comes from Malay selamat, from Arabic سَلَامَة — good health.

selamat pagi (Malay): good morning

Definitions

  1. good morning

Ancestry of “selamat pagi”, step by step

selamat pagi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay selamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayselamatsafety, security, peace; safe, secure;...
2Arabicسَلَامَةgood health

via Malay pagi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypagimorning
2Classical Malaypagimorning; Short for selamat pagi

Words derived from “selamat pagi”

Every word from Arabic سَلَامَة →Every word from Malay selamat →