Where does “โทรสาร” come from?

โทรสาร (Thai) comes from Thai โทร, from Thai โทรศัพท์, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.

โทรสาร (Thai): fax; faxed document

Definitions

  1. fax; faxed document

Ancestry of “โทรสาร”, step by step

โทรสาร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โทร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโทรtele-; far; remote; to make a telephone call
2Thaiโทรศัพท์telephone; to make a telephone call; to call or...
3EnglishtelephoneA telecommunication device used for two-way...
4Frenchtéléphonetelephone; first-person singular present...
5Frenchtélé-tele-
6Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
7Latincommūnicāre
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu