Where does “asal” come from?

asal (West Makian) comes from Indonesian asal, from Malay asal, from Arabic أَصْل — origin, original.

asal (West Makian): the contents or topic (of something)

Definitions

  1. the contents or topic (of something)

Ancestry of “asal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianasalsource, origin; initial, native, original,...
2Malayasalorigin, source; genealogy, descent, ancestry
3Arabicأَصْلorigin, original
Every word from Arabic أَصْل →Every word from Malay asal →Every word from Indonesian asal →