Where does “ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស” come from?
ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស (Khmer) comes from Khmer អង់គ្លេស, from French Anglais, from French -ais, from Old French -eis, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.
Ancestry of “ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស”, step by step
ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អង់គ្លេស
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អង់គ្លេស | English |
| 2 | French | Anglais | English person; Englishman; An Anglo-American or... |
| 3 | French | -ais | The first-person and second-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | -eis | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Khmer ចក្រភព
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ចក្រភព | empire; kingdom |
| 2 | Khmer | ចក្រ | wheel, circle, cycle |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 4 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 5 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |