Where does “អនុប្រធាន” come from?

អនុប្រធាន (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រធាន, from Sanskrit प्रधान, from Sanskrit प्रधत्ते — to place before.

អនុប្រធាន (Khmer): vice president, deputy chairman

Definitions

  1. vice president, deputy chairman

Ancestry of “អនុប្រធាន”, step by step

អនុប្រធាន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ប្រធាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រធានsubject of a sentence, debate, etc., topic
2Sanskritप्रधानchief, foremost, most important; pre-eminent;...
3Sanskritप्रधत्तेto place before

via Khmer អនុ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអនុin Indic compounds sub-, vice-, smaller, lower (in rank)
2Paliaṇu—
Every word from Sanskrit प्रधत्ते →Every word from Sanskrit प्रधान →Every word from Khmer ប្រធាន →