Where does “ข่มขู่” come from?

ข่มขู่ (Thai) comes from Thai ข่ม — to press something down so that it remains flat...

ข่มขู่ (Thai): to threaten; to intimidate; to terrorise

Definitions

  1. to threaten; to intimidate; to terrorise

Ancestry of “ข่มขู่”, step by step

ข่มขู่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ข่ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข่มto press something down so that it remains flat...

via Thai ขู่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขู่To intimidate
Every word from Thai ข่ม