Where does “ข้อบังคับ” come from?
ข้อบังคับ (Thai) comes from Thai บังคับ, from Khmer បង្គាប់, from Khmer គាប, from Min Nan 掐 — pinch.
ข้อบังคับ (Thai): rule; regulation
Ancestry of “ข้อบังคับ”, step by step
ข้อบังคับ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai บังคับ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | บังคับ | command; control; domination; jurisdiction;... |
| 2 | Khmer | បង្គាប់ | order; command; to order; to command, to instruct |
| 3 | Khmer | គាប | to press, compress, pinch, hold by means of... |
| 4 | Min Nan | 掐 | pinch |
via Thai ข้อ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้อ | joint |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | χoːᶜ | joint |
Words derived from “ข้อบังคับ”