Where does “สารหนู” come from?

สารหนู (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.

สารหนู (Thai): arsenic

Definitions

  1. arsenic

Ancestry of “สารหนู”, step by step

สารหนู 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 หนู

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนูmurid: member of the Muridae family; mouse; rat;...
2Proto-Taiʰnuːᴬmouse; rat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Latin senexEvery word from Latin senior