Where does “กะลาสี” come from?
กะลาสี (Thai) comes from Malay kelasi, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis — to call, cry, summon.
กะลาสี (Thai): sailor, seaman
Definitions
- sailor, seaman
Ancestry of “กะลาสี”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kelasi | sailor; sailor, seaman |
| 2 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 3 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 4 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 5 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 6 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 7 | Russian | класс | class |
| 8 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |