Where does “ប្រេងកាត” come from?
ប្រេងកាត (Khmer) comes from Khmer កាត, from French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
ប្រេងកាត (Khmer): white gas; petroleum; oil
Definitions
- white gas; petroleum; oil
Ancestry of “ប្រេងកាត”, step by step
ប្រេងកាត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer កាត
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កាត | card |
| 2 | French | carte | card; chart; map; menu |
| 3 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 4 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 5 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 6 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 7 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |