Etymology

rilek

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Today it means: To relax; to chill out or loiter, doing nothing in particular. Full definition →

Malay rilek ← English relax
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The story

  1. English · derived fromrelax
  2. Malay · borrowed fromrilek
  3. English todayrilek

Borrowed from Malay rilek, in turn from English relax.

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