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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

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

Words derived from “ការ”

  • ការបោះឆ្នោត
  • ការសិក្សា
  • ការដាច់រយះ
  • ការពាក្យសម្ងាត់
  • ត្រូវការ
  • ការបញ្ចេញសំឡេង
  • ការលបចូលលួច
  • ការអោបរឹត
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