Where does “សកម្មជន” come from?
សកម្មជន (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...
សកម្មជន (Khmer): activist
Definitions
- activist
Ancestry of “សកម្មជន”, step by step
សកម្មជន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សកម្ម
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សកម្ម | to be active |
| 2 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 3 | Old French | actif | active |
| 4 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Khmer ជន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជន | people, person, being, human being; hoop-net |
| 2 | Pali | jana | person; man; people |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |