Where does “ตรงเวลา” come from?

ตรงเวลา (Thai) comes from Thai เวลา, from Pali velā, from Sanskrit वेला — time; tide; boundary, threshold, limit, limen.

ตรงเวลา (Thai): on time, punctually

Definitions

  1. on time, punctually

Ancestry of “ตรงเวลา”, step by step

ตรงเวลา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เวลา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเวลาtime; occasion
2Palivelātime; shore; boundary
3Sanskritवेलाtime; tide; boundary, threshold, limit, limen

via Thai ตรง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตรงstraight; not bent; honest; at
2Old Khmerត្រងto be straight, direct, or upright
Every word from Sanskrit वेला →Every word from Pali velā →Every word from Thai เวลา →