Where does “ของดี” come from?

ของดี (Thai) comes from Thai ดี, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

ของดี (Thai): talisman, amulet

Definitions

  1. talisman, amulet

Ancestry of “ของดี”, step by step

ของดี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ดี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดีgallbladder; bile; good; on good terms; on a...
2EnglishDeeRiver Dee
3EnglishdoA syntactic marker
4EnglishdittoThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the...
5Italianditto
6Italiandettopast participle of dire; past participle of...
7Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
8Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

via Thai ของ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiของthing; item; article; stuff; matter; possession;...
2Proto-Taiχɔːŋᴬthing
Every word from Latin calxEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-