Where does “ការធានា” come from?
ការធានា (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.
ការធានា (Khmer): guarantee
Definitions
- guarantee
Ancestry of “ការធានា”, step by step
ការធានា 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 ធានា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ធានា | to guarantee |
| 2 | English | dharana | Single-minded focus or concentration as part of... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | धारणा | holding, bearing; retaining, keeping, storing;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | धृ | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰar- | to hold, carry; to bear, support |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |