Where does “ท่องจำ” come from?

ท่องจำ (Thai) comes from Thai จำ, from Old Khmer cāṃ.

ท่องจำ (Thai): learn by rote, memorize

Definitions

  1. learn by rote, memorize

Ancestry of “ท่องจำ”, step by step

ท่องจำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai จำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiจำto stay or remain; to cause to stay or remain; to...
2Old Khmercāṃ

via Thai ท่อง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiท่องto recite; to roam, to wander
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