Where does “សកម្មភាព” come from?
សកម្មភាព (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...
សកម្មភាព (Khmer): activity
Definitions
- activity
Ancestry of “សកម្មភាព”, step by step
សកម្មភាព 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... |