Where does “ឫសគូប” come from?

ឫសគូប (Khmer) comes from Khmer គូប, from French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος — square; cube; die, dice.

ឫសគូប (Khmer): cube root

Definitions

  1. cube root

Ancestry of “ឫសគូប”, step by step

ឫសគូប traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer គូប

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerគូបcube
2Frenchcubecube; third-grader; cubic
3LatincubusA mass, quantity; A cube
4Ancient Greekκύβοςsquare; cube; die, dice

via Khmer ឫស

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឫសroot; base, basis, fundamental principle,...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerrisroot
Every word from Ancient Greek κύβος →Every word from Latin cubus →Every word from French cube →