Where does “សារមន្ទីរ” come from?

សារមន្ទីរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សារ, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior — old.

សារមន្ទីរ (Khmer): museum

Definitions

  1. museum

Ancestry of “សារមន្ទីរ”, step by step

សារមន្ទីរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សារ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសារmessage; letter; essence; quintessence; heart;...
2Sanskritसारcourse, motion; stretching out, extension;...
3EnglishSirAlternative letter-case form of sir; The titular...
4EnglishsireA lord, master, or other person in authority,...
5Middle EnglishsireUsed preceding the name or title of a knight,...
6Old Frenchsirenominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;...
7Vulgar Latinseior
8Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
9Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
10Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

via Khmer មន្ទីរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមន្ទីរ(public) office; bureau
2Palimandira
3Sanskritमन्दिरtemple; house, dwelling; temple, monastery
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Latin senexEvery word from Latin senior