Where does “មង្គលការ” come from?
មង្គលការ (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.
មង្គលការ (Khmer): wedding, wedding ceremony
Definitions
- wedding, wedding ceremony
Ancestry of “មង្គលការ”, step by step
មង្គលការ 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 មង្គល
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | មង្គល | luck; fortune; chance; happiness; blessing |
| 2 | Pali | maṅgala | auspicious, royal, lucky, festive; festivity;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मङ्गल | auspicious, lucky; amulet, talisman; prosperity |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गिरि | mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥Híš | mountain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |