Where does “ភាសាផ្លូវការ” come from?
ភាសាផ្លូវការ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ផ្លូវការ, from Khmer ការ, from French carreau, from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
ភាសាផ្លូវការ (Khmer): official language
Definitions
- official language
Ancestry of “ភាសាផ្លូវការ”, step by step
ភាសាផ្លូវការ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ផ្លូវការ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ផ្លូវការ | to be official |
| 2 | Khmer | ការ | nominalizer to make abstract nouns from verbs;... |
| 3 | French | carreau | square; diamonds; tile |
| 4 | Old French | quarel | square block of stone; square-headed bolt for a... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |