Where does “เผด็จการ” come from?

เผด็จการ (Thai) comes from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

เผด็จการ (Thai): to be a dictator or behave like a dictator; to be dictatorial; to exercise total power without control; to behave in an autocratic way

Definitions

to be a dictator or behave like a dictator; to be dictatorial; to exercise total power without control; to behave in an autocratic way

Ancestry of “เผด็จการ”, step by step

เผด็จการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Thai	การ	work; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2	Pali	kāra	deed; doing, manner; production, application
3	Sanskrit	कार	gain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4	Sanskrit	कृ	to make
5	Proto-Indo-European	kʷer-	to do; to make; to build

via Thai เผด็จ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Thai	เผด็จ	to cut
2	Khmer	ផ្ដាច់	to sever, cut off, slash

Words derived from “เผด็จการ”

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