Where does “ข้อแม้” come from?

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

ข้อแม้ (Thai): condition; prerequisite

Definitions

  1. condition; prerequisite

Ancestry of “ข้อแม้”, step by step

ข้อแม้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ข้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้อjoint
2Proto-Taiχoːᶜjoint

via Thai แม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม้even
Every word from Proto-Tai χoːᶜ →Every word from Thai ข้อ →