Where does “ម៉ូតូឌុប” come from?

ម៉ូតូឌុប (Khmer) comes from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

ម៉ូតូឌុប (Khmer): motorcycle taxi

Definitions

  1. motorcycle taxi

Ancestry of “ម៉ូតូឌុប”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
2Middle Frenchdouble—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →