Where does “ตรงข้าม” come from?

ตรงข้าม (Thai) comes from Thai ตรง, from Old Khmer ត្រង — to be straight, direct, or upright.

ตรงข้าม (Thai): opposite; across

Definitions

  1. opposite; across

Ancestry of “ตรงข้าม”, step by step

ตรงข้าม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตรง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตรงstraight; not bent; honest; at
2Old Khmerត្រងto be straight, direct, or upright

via Thai ข้าม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้ามto cross; to skip
2Proto-Taiχaːmᶜto cross

Words derived from “ตรงข้าม”

Every word from Old Khmer ត្រង →Every word from Thai ตรง →