Where does “ទីបញ្ជាការ” come from?

ទីបញ្ជាការ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ការ, from French carreau, from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.

ទីបញ្ជាការ (Khmer): headquarters, command post

Definitions

  1. headquarters, command post

Ancestry of “ទីបញ្ជាការ”, step by step

ទីបញ្ជាការ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ការ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerការnominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;...
2Frenchcarreausquare; diamonds; tile
3Old Frenchquarelsquare block of stone; square-headed bolt for a...
4Vulgar Latinquadrellus
5Latinquādrussquare
6Latinquattŭorfour; 4
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtusfourth
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Khmer ទី

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

via Khmer បញ្ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបញ្ជាto order, to command, to instruct
2Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
3Thaiช้ำbruised
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos