Where does “kapisan” come from?

kapisan (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kapisan (Old Javanese): at once

Definitions

  1. at once

Ancestry of “kapisan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka-Every word from Old Javanese ka-Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-