Where does “ข้าวสาร” come from?

ข้าวสาร (Thai) comes from Thai สาร, from Pali sāra, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior — old.

ข้าวสาร (Thai): raw, husked rice; any of the plants of the genus...

Definitions

  1. raw, husked rice; any of the plants of the genus...

Ancestry of “ข้าวสาร”, step by step

ข้าวสาร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สาร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสารessence; matter; substance; information; news;...
2Palisāracream; substance
3Sanskritसारcourse, motion; stretching out, extension;...
4EnglishSirAlternative letter-case form of sir; The titular...
5EnglishsireA lord, master, or other person in authority,...
6Middle EnglishsireUsed preceding the name or title of a knight,...
7Old Frenchsirenominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;...
8Vulgar Latinseior
9Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
10Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
11Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

via Thai ข้าว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้าวrice; food; meal; year
2Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲrice
3Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔhusked rice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Latin senexEvery word from Latin senior