Where does “បងប្រុស” come from?

បងប្រុស (Khmer) comes from Khmer បង, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

បងប្រុស (Khmer): older brother

Definitions

  1. older brother

Ancestry of “បងប្រុស”, step by step

បងប្រុស traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerបងI, me, my; you, your; elder sibling
2Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
3Middle Frenchbongood
4Old Frenchbongood
5Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
6Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
7Proto-Italicdwenosgood
8Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Khmer ប្រុស

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រុសmale; to be male
2Sanskritपुरुषman, male, human being; person, officer,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*pŕ̥Hṣas
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperh₃-to provide; bestow, give; to grant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-Every word from Proto-Italic dwenosEvery word from Old Latin duenos