Where does “เทวาธิปไตย” come from?

เทวาธิปไตย (Thai) comes from Thai อธิปไตย, from Pali ādhipateyya — lordship, domination, power.

เทวาธิปไตย (Thai): theocracy

Definitions

  1. theocracy

Ancestry of “เทวาธิปไตย”, step by step

เทวาธิปไตย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อธิปไตย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอธิปไตยsovereignty
2Paliādhipateyyalordship, domination, power

via Thai เทว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเทวgod; deity
Every word from Pali ādhipateyya →Every word from Thai อธิปไตย →