Where does “เพิกเฉย” come from?

เพิกเฉย (Thai) comes from Thai เพิก — to revoke; to withdraw.

เพิกเฉย (Thai): to ignore; to neglect

Definitions

  1. to ignore; to neglect

Ancestry of “เพิกเฉย”, step by step

เพิกเฉย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เพิก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเพิกto revoke; to withdraw

via Thai เฉย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเฉยto ignore, to disregard
Every word from Thai เพิก