Where does “สงครามตัวแทน” come from?
สงครามตัวแทน (Thai) comes from Thai ตัวแทน, from Thai แทน, from English tan, from French tan, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος — to stretch, to extend.
สงครามตัวแทน (Thai): proxy war
Definitions
- proxy war
Ancestry of “สงครามตัวแทน”, step by step
สงครามตัวแทน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ตัวแทน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ตัวแทน | agent: one acting on behalf of another, called... |
| 2 | Thai | แทน | instead of; in place of; rather than; to... |
| 3 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 4 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 5 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 6 | Old French | ton | your |
| 7 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Thai สงคราม
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สงคราม | war; battle |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संग्राम | battle, war, fight, combat, conflict, hostile... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ग्राम | an inhabited place, village, hamlet, settlement;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | grā́mas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | grā́mas | village, town; community |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ger- | to gather; flock, herd |