Where does “ข้ออ้าง” come from?

ข้ออ้าง (Thai) comes from Thai ข้อ, from Proto-Tai χoːᶜ — joint.

ข้ออ้าง (Thai): excuse; justification

Definitions

  1. excuse; justification

Ancestry of “ข้ออ้าง”, step by step

ข้ออ้าง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ข้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้อjoint
2Proto-Taiχoːᶜjoint

via Thai อ้าง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอ้างto say; to assert; to claim; to cite; to refer to
Every word from Proto-Tai χoːᶜ →Every word from Thai ข้อ →