Where does “เรื่อย ๆ” come from?

เรื่อย ๆ (Thai) comes from Thai ๆ, from Thai ๒ — 2.

เรื่อย ๆ (Thai): slowly; leisurely; laggardly; sluggishly

Definitions

  1. slowly; leisurely; laggardly; sluggishly

Ancestry of “เรื่อย ๆ”, step by step

เรื่อย ๆ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ๆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiๆrepetition marker; repetition mark; "repetition...
2Thai๒2

via Thai เรื่อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเรื่อยusually, continuously, always
Every word from Thai ๒ →Every word from Thai ๆ →