Where does “การดาวน์โหลด” come from?
การดาวน์โหลด (Thai) comes from Thai ดาวน์โหลด, from English download, from English down-, from Middle English down-, from Old English dūne-, from Old English dūne, from Old English adūne, from Old English ofdūne — smoke; mist, haze.
การดาวน์โหลด (Thai): downloading
Definitions
- downloading
Ancestry of “การดาวน์โหลด”, step by step
การดาวน์โหลด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ดาวน์โหลด
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ดาวน์โหลด | to download |
| 2 | English | download | A file transfer to the local computer; A file... |
| 3 | English | down- | decrease; lower position or direction, literally... |
| 4 | Middle English | down- | — |
| 5 | Old English | dūne- | down- |
| 6 | Old English | dūne | hill; down, downward |
| 7 | Old English | adūne | — |
| 8 | Old English | ofdūne | off the hill; down |
| 9 | Old English | dūn | hill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *dūnā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |