Where does “ការសារភាព” come from?
ការសារភាព (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 “ការសារភាព”, step by step
ការសារភាព 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 សារភាព
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សារភាព | to confess, to admit |
| 2 | Khmer | សារ | message; letter; essence; quintessence; heart;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 4 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 5 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 6 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 7 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 9 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 10 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |