Where does “ការទូត” come from?

ការទូត (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.

ការទូត (Khmer): diplomacy

Definitions

  1. diplomacy

Ancestry of “ការទូត”, step by step

ការទូត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ការ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerការnominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;...
2Frenchcarreausquare; diamonds; tile
3Old Frenchquarelsquare block of stone; square-headed bolt for a...
4Vulgar Latinquadrellus
5Latinquādrussquare
6Latinquattŭorfour; 4
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtusfourth
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Khmer ទូត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទូតenvoy, diplomat, representative
2Palidūtaa messenger, envoy
3Sanskritदूतmessenger, envoy; ambassador; negotiator
4Proto-Indo-IranianduHtásmessenger; envoy to a far off place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos
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