Where does “ការ” come from?

ការ (Khmer) comes from French carreau, from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.

ការ (Khmer): nominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;...

Definitions

  1. nominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;...

Ancestry of “ការ”, step by step

ការ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French carreau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarreausquare; diamonds; tile
2Old Frenchquarelsquare block of stone; square-headed bolt for a...
3Vulgar Latinquadrellus
4Latinquādrussquare
5Latinquattŭorfour; 4
6Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
7Old Portuguesequartoquarter
8Latinquārtusfourth
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Pali kāra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
2Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
3Sanskritकृto make
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Tamil கறி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகறிcurry; thick sauce; meat

Words derived from “ការ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos