Where does “ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ” come from?
ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ការ, from French carreau, from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
Ancestry of “ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ”, step by step
ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ការ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ការ | nominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;... |
| 2 | French | carreau | square; diamonds; tile |
| 3 | Old French | quarel | square block of stone; square-headed bolt for a... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Khmer ទទួលខុសត្រូវ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ទទួលខុសត្រូវ | (to be) responsible |
| 2 | Khmer | ខុសត្រូវ | right and wrong |
| 3 | Khmer | ត្រូវ | must, should, have to; be correct, right,... |