Where does “စာသင်ခန်း” come from?
စာသင်ခန်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese စာသင်, from English sergeant, from Russian сержант, from Polish sierżant, from French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin serviens — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
စာသင်ခန်း (Burmese): classroom
Ancestry of “စာသင်ခန်း”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | စာသင် | study, learn |
| 2 | English | sergeant | UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to... |
| 3 | Russian | сержант | sergeant |
| 4 | Polish | sierżant | sergeant |
| 5 | French | sergent | sergeant |
| 6 | Middle French | sergent | — |
| 7 | Old French | serjant | a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | serviens | a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor; serving;... |
| 9 | Latin | serviēns | — |
| 10 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 11 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |