Where does “ช่องแคบอังกฤษ” come from?

ช่องแคบอังกฤษ (Thai) comes from Thai อังกฤษ, from French Anglais, from French -ais, from Old French -eis, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.

ช่องแคบอังกฤษ (Thai): English Channel

Definitions

  1. English Channel

Ancestry of “ช่องแคบอังกฤษ”, step by step

ช่องแคบอังกฤษ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อังกฤษ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiอังกฤษEnglish; British; Briton
2FrenchAnglaisEnglish person; Englishman; An Anglo-American or...
3French-aisThe first-person and second-person singular...
4Old French-eisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
5Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
6Latin-ensisOf or from
7Latinarvumfield; farm land
8Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
9Latinquelō
10Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Thai ช่องแคบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiช่องแคบstrait
2Thaiแคบnarrow
3Proto-Southwestern Tai*ɣɛːpᴰᴸ⁴
4Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō