Where does “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោសសំអាត” come from?

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោសសំអាត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោសសំអាត (Khmer): vacuum cleaner

Definitions

vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោសសំអាត”, step by step

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោសសំអាត traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ម៉ាស៊ីន	machine, motor, engine, device
2	French	machine	machine, device; machine
3	Middle French	machine	machine; device
4	Latin	māchina	contrivance
5	Ancient Greek	μαχανά	Doric form of μηχᾰνή
6	Ancient Greek	μηχανή	contrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7	Ancient Greek	μῆχος	means, expedient, remedy
8	Proto-Indo-European	meǵʰ-	to be able

via Khmer សំអាត

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	សំអាត	to clean up
2	Khmer	ស្អាត	clean; beautiful
3	Proto-Austroasiatic	*cʔaʔ	—

via Khmer បោស

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	បោស	to sweep, to sweep clean

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆχος →Every word from Ancient Greek μηχανή →