Where does “zat pembakar” come from?

zat pembakar (Malay) comes from Indonesian zat, from Malay zat, from Classical Malay zat, from Arabic ذَات — being, essence, substance, nature.

zat pembakar (Malay): oxygen

Definitions

  1. oxygen

Ancestry of “zat pembakar”, step by step

zat pembakar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian zat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianzatsubstance
2Malayzat—
3Classical Malayzatsubstance
4Arabicذَاتbeing, essence, substance, nature

via Indonesian pembakar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpembakarburning
2Indonesianbakarto burn
3Malaybakarto burn
4Proto-Malayicbakar—

via Malay pembakar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypembakarburning
Every word from Arabic ذَات →Every word from Classical Malay zat →Every word from Malay zat →
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