Where does “វិទ្យុសកម្ម” come from?

វិទ្យុសកម្ម (Khmer) comes from Khmer សកម្ម, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

វិទ្យុសកម្ម (Khmer): radiation, radioactivity

Definitions

  1. radiation, radioactivity

Ancestry of “វិទ្យុសកម្ម”, step by step

វិទ្យុសកម្ម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សកម្ម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសកម្មto be active
2Frenchactifactive; asset; top
3Old Frenchactifactive
4Latināctīvusactive
5Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
6Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
7Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
8Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
9Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
10Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
11Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
12Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
13Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
14Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Khmer វិទ្យុ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវិទ្យុradio
2Sanskritविद्युत्devoid of splendour, lustreless; flashing,...
3Sanskritवि-Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂
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