Where does “surat” come from?

surat (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surat (Malay): document; letter; inscription

Definitions

  1. document; letter; inscription

Ancestry of “surat”, step by step

surat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic surat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicsurat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Arabic سُورَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسُورَةchapter of the Qur'an; sura

Words derived from “surat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →