Where does “ការពន្យល់” come from?
ការពន្យល់ (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 “ការពន្យល់”, step by step
ការពន្យល់ 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 |