Where does “การสงสาร” come from?
การสงสาร (Thai) comes from Thai สงสาร, from Pali saṃsāra, from Sanskrit संसार, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire — old.
Ancestry of “การสงสาร”, step by step
การสงสาร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สงสาร
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สงสาร | saṃsāra: cycle of death and rebirth |
| 2 | Pali | saṃsāra | transmigration |
| 3 | Sanskrit | संसार | going or wandering through, undergoing... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 5 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 6 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 7 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 8 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 10 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 11 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |