Where does “ပေမဲ့” come from?
ပေမဲ့ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပေ, from Portuguese Pé, from Old Portuguese pee, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
ပေမဲ့ (Burmese): in spite of
Definitions
- in spite of
Ancestry of “ပေမဲ့”, step by step
ပေမဲ့ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ပေ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပေ | corypha palm; palm-leaf for writing |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pé | foot, part of the human body |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pee | foot |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |