Where does “โบราณ” come from?

โบราณ (Thai) comes from Old Khmer purāna, from Sanskrit पुराण, from Sanskrit -न, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

โบราณ (Thai): ancient; old; traditional; primitive

Definitions

  1. ancient; old; traditional; primitive

Ancestry of “โบราณ”, step by step

โบราณ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Khmer purāna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerpurāna
2Sanskritपुराणbelonging to ancient or olden times, ancient,...
3Sanskrit-नforms nouns from roots
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Old Khmer pūrāṇa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerpūrāṇa

via Old Khmer pūrâna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerpūrâna

Words derived from “โบราณ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Sanskrit -न
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