Where does “หวังดี” come from?
หวังดี (Thai) comes from Thai ดี, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
หวังดี (Thai): to wish someone well, to have good wishes, to mean well
Definitions
- to wish someone well, to have good wishes, to mean well
Ancestry of “หวังดี”, step by step
หวังดี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ดี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ดี | gallbladder; bile; good; on good terms; on a... |
| 2 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via Thai หวง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | หวง | to guard; to keep for oneself; to be possessive |