Where does “เอกอัครราชทูต” come from?

เอกอัครราชทูต (Thai) comes from Thai ราช, from Old Khmer រាជ, from Sanskrit राज, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

เอกอัครราชทูต (Thai): ambassador

Definitions

  1. ambassador

Ancestry of “เอกอัครราชทูต”, step by step

เอกอัครราชทูต traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ราช

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiราชking: male monarch or sovereign; chief, lord,...
2Old Khmerរាជking, chief, prince, royalty, reign
3Sanskritराजking; chief; sovereign
4Sanskritराजन्a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the...
5Proto-Indo-AryanHrā́ȷ́āking
6Proto-Indo-IranianHrā́ȷ́ā
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Thai เอก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเอกsole; single; solitary; one; alone; lonely;...
2Paliekaone
3Sanskritएकone; alone, solitary, single, happening only...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHáykasone
5Proto-Indo-IranianHáykasone
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Thai ทูต

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทูตagent; representative; courier; envoy; diplomat
2Palidūtaa messenger, envoy
3Sanskritदूतmessenger, envoy; ambassador; negotiator
4Proto-Indo-IranianduHtásmessenger; envoy to a far off place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā
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