Where does “ปฏิบัติการ” come from?

ปฏิบัติการ (Thai) comes from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ปฏิบัติการ (Thai): to perform an act; to carry out an activity

Definitions

  1. to perform an act; to carry out an activity

Ancestry of “ปฏิบัติการ”, step by step

ปฏิบัติการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai ปฏิบัติ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปฏิบัติto conduct; to do; to perform; to carry out; to...
2Palipaṭipatticourse of action; conduct; observance

Words derived from “ปฏิบัติการ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार
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