Where does “ประสบการณ์” come from?

ประสบการณ์ (Thai) comes from Thai การณ์, from Sanskrit कारण, from Sanskrit करण, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ประสบการณ์ (Thai): experience

Definitions

  1. experience

Ancestry of “ประสบการณ์”, step by step

ประสบการณ์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การณ์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการณ์event, happening, incident, situation; activity,...
2Sanskritकारणcause or reason of anything; instrument, means;...
3Sanskritकरणdoing, making, effecting, causing; clever,...
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai ประสบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiประสบto meet; to encounter; to undergo; to experience
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit करण