Where does “ទីចាត់ការ” come from?

ទីចាត់ការ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ទី, from Chinese 第, from Chinese 是.

ទីចាត់ការ (Khmer): office

Definitions

  1. office

Ancestry of “ទីចាត់ការ”, step by step

ទីចាត់ការ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ទី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទីmarker for ordinal numbers; nominalizer for...
2Chinese第—
3Chinese是—

via Khmer ចាត់ការ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចាត់ការto execute; to implement
2Khmerចាត់to arrange, sort, organize
Every word from Chinese 是 →Every word from Chinese 第 →Every word from Khmer ទី →