Where does “ความชอบ” come from?

ความชอบ (Thai) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.

ความชอบ (Thai): goodness, merit, achievement, feat, or the like, especially one that deserves recognition or compensation

Definitions

  1. goodness, merit, achievement, feat, or the like, especially one that deserves recognition or compensation

Ancestry of “ความชอบ”, step by step

ความชอบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
2Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter

via Thai ชอบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชอบto like; to admire; to appreciate; to adore; to approve; to be in favour (of)
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬEvery word from Thai ความ
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