Where does “รับน้อง” come from?

รับน้อง (Thai) comes from Thai รับ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai rapᴰ²ˢ — to accept; to receive.

รับน้อง (Thai): to receive or welcome with a certain ceremony or activity

Definitions

  1. to receive or welcome with a certain ceremony or activity

Ancestry of “รับน้อง”, step by step

รับน้อง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai รับ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiรับto greet; to receive; to welcome; to acquire; to...
2Proto-Southwestern Tairapᴰ²ˢto accept; to receive

via Thai น้อง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้องyounger brother; younger sister; younger person;...
2Proto-Tainwoːŋᶜyounger sibling

Words derived from “รับน้อง”

Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai rapᴰ²ˢ →Every word from Thai รับ →