Where does “លោកបង” come from?
លោកបង (Khmer) comes from Khmer បង, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
លោកបង (Khmer): you (younger monk to an older monk; addressing an older sibling or an older person)
Definitions
- you (younger monk to an older monk; addressing an older sibling or an older person)
Ancestry of “លោកបង”, step by step
លោកបង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer បង
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បង | I, me, my; you, your; elder sibling |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |