Where does “สาธารณชน” come from?
สาธารณชน (Thai) comes from Thai สาธารณ, from Pali sādhāraṇa, from Sanskrit साधारण, from Sanskrit स-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sa-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
สาธารณชน (Thai): the public
Definitions
- the public
Ancestry of “สาธารณชน”, step by step
สาธารณชน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สาธารณ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สาธารณ | Alternative form of สาธารณะ; public |
| 2 | Pali | sādhāraṇa | general; common |
| 3 | Sanskrit | साधारण | common, ordinary; "having or resting on the same... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | स- | with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *sa- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sa- | together, co- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Thai ชน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ชน | to collide with; to converge a period; to make... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |