Where does “ข้าพระองค์” come from?
ข้าพระองค์ (Thai) comes from Thai ข้า, from Thai พระพุทธเจ้า, from Thai พระ, from Pali vāra, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर, from Sanskrit वीर, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wīrás — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
ข้าพระองค์ (Thai): a first person pronoun used when addressing royal...
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- a first person pronoun used when addressing royal...
Ancestry of “ข้าพระองค์”, step by step
ข้าพระองค์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ข้า
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้า | citizen; attendant; retainer; servant; slave |
| 2 | Thai | พระพุทธเจ้า | Buddha; Buddha image; king: male monarch |
| 3 | Thai | พระ | god, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an... |
| 4 | Pali | vāra | excellent |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Thai พระองค์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | พระองค์ | body; an honorific for or term of address to a... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | braḥ ʼaṅga | — |