Where does “អង្តែន” come from?

អង្តែន (Khmer) comes from French antenne, from Middle French antenne, from Old French antaine, from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

អង្តែន (Khmer): aerial

Definitions

  1. aerial

Ancestry of “អង្តែន”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchantenneantenna; branch, outlet
2Middle Frenchantenne—
3Old Frenchantaine—
4Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
5Proto-Italicantitempnā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic antitempnā →Every word from Latin antenna →
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