Where does “ผู้ดี” come from?
ผู้ดี (Thai) comes from Thai ดี, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
ผู้ดี (Thai): noble person, person of noble birth, person of blue blood, well-born and well-bred person; refined person, dignified person
Definitions
- noble person, person of noble birth, person of blue blood, well-born and well-bred person; refined person, dignified person
Ancestry of “ผู้ดี”, step by step
ผู้ดี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ดี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ดี | gallbladder; bile; good; on good terms; on a... |
| 2 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |