Where does “ផ្ដាច់ការ” come from?
ផ្ដាច់ការ (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.
ផ្ដាច់ការ (Khmer): to be absolute, dictatorial, totalitarian
Definitions
- to be absolute, dictatorial, totalitarian
Ancestry of “ផ្ដាច់ការ”, step by step
ផ្ដាច់ការ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ការ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ការ | nominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;... |
| 2 | French | carreau | square; diamonds; tile |
| 3 | Old French | quarel | square block of stone; square-headed bolt for a... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Khmer ផ្ដាច់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ផ្ដាច់ | to sever, cut off, slash |