Where does “ข้อแก้ตัว” come from?
ข้อแก้ตัว (Thai) comes from Thai แก้ตัว, from Thai แก้, from Proto-Tai *keːꟲ, from Middle Chinese 解.
ข้อแก้ตัว (Thai): excuse; pretext
Ancestry of “ข้อแก้ตัว”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | แก้ตัว | — |
| 2 | Thai | แก้ | to undo; to untie; to remedy; to repair; to solve |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | *keːꟲ | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 解 | — |