Where does “អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍” come from?

អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍ (Khmer) comes from French éponge, from Middle French esponge, from Old French espoinge, from Vulgar Latin sponga, from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍ (Khmer): sponge marine animal

Definitions

  1. sponge marine animal

Ancestry of “អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchépongesponge; first-person singular present indicative...
2Middle Frenchespongesponge
3Old Frenchespoinge
4Vulgar Latinsponga
5LatinspongiaA sponge; pumice, or other things resembling a...
6Ancient Greekσπογγιάsponge
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek σπογγιά