Where does “เค” come from?

เค (Thai) comes from English ketamine, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

เค (Thai): to agree; to accord

Definitions

  1. to agree; to accord

Ancestry of “เค”, step by step

เค traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ketamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishketamineA synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and...
2EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
3GermanKetonketone
4GermanAketonacetone
5Frenchacétoneacetone
6Latinacētumvinegar
7French-ateate
8Latin-ātused
9Proto-Italic-ātos
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Thai โอเค

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiโอเคOK
2EnglishokAlternative letter-case form of OK
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos