Where does “ขบวนการ” come from?

ขบวนการ (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.

ขบวนการ (Thai): movement: series of actions or activities for a particular end; group of persons working together for a particular end

Definitions

  1. movement: series of actions or activities for a particular end; group of persons working together for a particular end

Ancestry of “ขบวนการ”, step by step

ขบวนการ 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 ขบวน

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