Where does “mandala” come from?

mandala (Malay) comes from Classical Malay mandala, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “mandala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malaymandala—
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mandala”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →