Where does “กระบวนการ” come from?

กระบวนการ (Thai) comes from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

กระบวนการ (Thai): process: natural series of change; series of actions or steps for achieving a particular end; systematic series of mechanised or chemical operations for producing something

Definitions

  1. process: natural series of change; series of actions or steps for achieving a particular end; systematic series of mechanised or chemical operations for producing something

Ancestry of “กระบวนการ”, step by step

กระบวนการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai กระบวน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกระบวนmodel; standard; process; procedure; method;...
2ThaiขบวนAlternative form of กระบวน; procession; series
3ThaiขบวรObsolete form of ขบวน; to decorate; to ornament;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →