Where does “สร้างภาพ” come from?

สร้างภาพ (Thai) comes from Thai ภาพ, from Pali bhāva, from Sanskrit भाव, from Sanskrit भू, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

สร้างภาพ (Thai): to create, publish, or promote a good image (of, about, etc); to propagandise (a good point of); to pretend, to act, or to put on an act (to make oneself, someone, or something look good); to be pretentious, fake, insincere, ingenuine, or hypocritic

Definitions

  1. to create, publish, or promote a good image (of, about, etc); to propagandise (a good point of); to pretend, to act, or to put on an act (to make oneself, someone, or something look good); to be pretentious, fake, insincere, ingenuine, or hypocritic

Ancestry of “สร้างภาพ”, step by step

สร้างภาพ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ภาพ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiภาพpicture, image; condition, state
2Palibhāvacondition; form; state; etc
3Sanskritभावbecoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance;...
4Sanskritभूthe act of becoming or arising; the place of...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Thai สร้าง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสร้างto bring into being: to build, to construct, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-Every word from Sanskrit भूEvery word from Sanskrit भाव
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