Where does “ព្រីស” come from?

ព្រីស (Khmer) comes from French prisme, from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ព្រីស (Khmer): prism

Definitions

prism

Ancestry of “ព្រីស”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	prisme	prism
2	Latin	prisma	prism
3	Ancient Greek	πρίσμα	Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4	Ancient Greek	-μᾰ	"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-mn̥	Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα →