Where does “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព” come from?

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព (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.

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព (Khmer): printer

Definitions

  1. printer

Ancestry of “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព”, step by step

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ព traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉ាស៊ីនmachine, motor, engine, device
2Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
3Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
4Latinmāchinacontrivance
5Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
6Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Khmer បោះពុម្ព

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបោះពុម្ពto publish
2Khmerបោះto throw; to cast; to fling; to scatter; to sow
3Thaiเบาะแสclue; hint; trace
4Chinese
5Chinese毋愛do not; don't; must not; to not want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆχοςEvery word from Ancient Greek μηχανή