Where does “ความทุจริต” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ความทุจริต”, step by step

ความทุจริต traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

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

via Thai ทุจริต

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทุจริตmisbehaviour, misconduct; dishonesty, corruption;...
2Paliduccarita—
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →Every word from Thai ความ →