Where does “ម៉ូដសក់” come from?

ម៉ូដសក់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ម៉ូដ, from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Ancestry of “ម៉ូដសក់”, step by step

ម៉ូដសក់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ូដ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉ូដ
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode
4Old Frenchmode
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Khmer សក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសក់hair
2Proto-Austroasiatic*sukʔhair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd-Every word from Latin modus