Where does “ការ៉េ” come from?
ការ៉េ (Khmer) comes from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
ការ៉េ (Khmer): square
Definitions
- square
Ancestry of “ការ៉េ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 2 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 3 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |