Where does “တက္ကစီ” come from?

တက္ကစီ (Burmese) comes from English taxi, from English taximeter cab, from English taximeter, from French taximètre, from French taxamètre.

တက္ကစီ (Burmese): taxi

Definitions

  1. taxi

Ancestry of “တက္ကစီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaxiA vehicle that may be hired for single journeys...
2Englishtaximeter cab
3EnglishtaximeterA device installed in a taxicab that calculates...
4Frenchtaximètretaximeter
5Frenchtaxamètre
Every word from French taxamètreEvery word from French taximètreEvery word from English taximeter