Where does “ម៉ូតសក់” come from?

ម៉ូតសក់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ម៉ូត, 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.

ម៉ូតសក់ (Khmer): hairstyle

Definitions

  1. hairstyle

Ancestry of “ម៉ូតសក់”, step by step

ម៉ូតសក់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ូត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉ូតfashion; vogue
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 →