Where does “ដីស” come from?
ដីស (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequor — to follow; to see; to say.
ដីស (Khmer): chalk
Definitions
- chalk
Ancestry of “ដីស”, step by step
ដីស traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ស
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 2 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 3 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 4 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 6 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |