Where does “រូបភាព” come from?
រូបភាព (Khmer) comes from Khmer រូប, from Pali rūpa, from Sanskrit रूप, from Sanskrit रूप् — to form, shape.
រូបភាព (Khmer): image, picture, drawing, photo
Definitions
- image, picture, drawing, photo
Ancestry of “រូបភាព”, step by step
រូបភាព traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer រូប
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | រូប | form, shape, image, figure; representation,... |
| 2 | Pali | rūpa | form, figure, material form |
| 3 | Sanskrit | रूप | outward appearance, color, form, shape; right... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | रूप् | to form, shape |
via Khmer ភាព
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ភាព | state (of affairs), condition, status, state of being, shape, nature, aspect |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भाव | becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भू | the act of becoming or arising; the place of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |