Where does “โทรศัพท์มือถือ” come from?

โทรศัพท์มือถือ (Thai) comes from Thai โทรศัพท์, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

โทรศัพท์มือถือ (Thai): mobile phone; cell phone

Definitions

  1. mobile phone; cell phone

Ancestry of “โทรศัพท์มือถือ”, step by step

โทรศัพท์มือถือ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โทรศัพท์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโทรศัพท์telephone; to make a telephone call; to call or...
2EnglishtelephoneA telecommunication device used for two-way...
3Frenchtéléphonetelephone; first-person singular present...
4Frenchtélé-tele-
5Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
6Latincommūnicāre
7Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
8Old Latincom(m)oinis
9Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Thai มือถือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมือถือmobile phone
2Thaiมือhand
3Proto-Taimwɯːᴬhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz