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Where does “ubat” come from?

ubat (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat.

ubat (Malay): medicine

Definitions

  1. medicine

Ancestry of “ubat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicubat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianubat—

Words derived from “ubat”

  • obat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat →