Where does “มาตรการ” come from?

มาตรการ (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.

มาตรการ (Thai): measure: action or procedure intended as a means to an end

Definitions

  1. measure: action or procedure intended as a means to an end

Ancestry of “มาตรการ”, step by step

มาตรการ 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 มาตร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมาตรmeasure
2Sanskritमात्रmeasure; simply, merely, only; entirely, totally;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →