Where does “ត្រីមាស” come from?
ត្រីមាស (Khmer) comes from Khmer មាស, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ត្រីមាស (Khmer): trimester, quarter
Definitions
- trimester, quarter
Ancestry of “ត្រីមាស”, step by step
ត្រីមាស traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer មាស
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | មាស | gold |
| 2 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 3 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |