Where does “การโต้วาที” come from?
การโต้วาที (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.
Ancestry of “การโต้วาที”, step by step
การโต้วาที traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai การ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | การ | work; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to... |
| 2 | Pali | kāra | deed; doing, manner; production, application |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कार | gain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |
via Thai โต้วาที
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | โต้วาที | to debate |
| 2 | Thai | วาท | speech; oral statement; utterance; speech;... |
| 3 | Thai | ที่ | at; to; on the site of; within; amidst; at the... |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | diːᴮ | place, ground |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 地 | — |