Where does “ara” come from?

ara (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa — a tree, Ficus spp.

Ancestry of “ara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaʀaa tree, Ficus spp
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa