Where does “สวยงาม” come from?

สวยงาม (Thai) comes from Thai สวย, from Thai ซวย, from Hokkien 衰 — to have poor luck.

สวยงาม (Thai): beautiful

Definitions

  1. beautiful

Ancestry of “สวยงาม”, step by step

สวยงาม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สวย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสวยbeautiful; perfectly steamed; well steamed; to...
2Thaiซวยluckless; unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious;...
3Hokkien衰to have poor luck

via Thai งาม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงามbeautiful

Words derived from “สวยงาม”

Every word from Hokkien 衰 →Every word from Thai ซวย →Every word from Thai สวย →