Where does “เชื้อชาติ” come from?

เชื้อชาติ (Thai) comes from Thai ชาติ, from Pali jāti, from Sanskrit जाति, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

เชื้อชาติ (Thai): race, nationality

Definitions

  1. race, nationality

Ancestry of “เชื้อชาติ”, step by step

เชื้อชาติ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชาติ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชาติlife; birth; ancestry, parentage
2Palijātibirth; rebirth; lineage, family, caste
3Sanskritजातिbirth, production; rebirth; the form of existence...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Thai เชื้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเชื้อgerm; bacteria; yeast; enzyme; family line
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Sanskrit जाति →