Where does “tercantik” come from?

tercantik (Malay) comes from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

tercantik (Malay): most beautiful

Definitions

  1. most beautiful

Ancestry of “tercantik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
2Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Proto-MalayictAr-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
5Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ- →Every word from Malay ter- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ- →