Where does “โรคศิลปะ” come from?

โรคศิลปะ (Thai) comes from Thai โรค, from Sanskrit रोग, from Hindi रज, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

โรคศิลปะ (Thai): medicine (as a discipline); therapeutics

Definitions

  1. medicine (as a discipline); therapeutics

Ancestry of “โรคศิลปะ”, step by step

โรคศิลปะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โรค

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโรคdisease; sickness
2Sanskritरोग‘breaking up of strength’; disease, infirmity,...
3Hindiरजdust, dirt, pollen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via Thai ศิลปะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศิลปะart
2Sanskritशिल्पart; art; crafts; etc; craft, artifact
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-Every word from Hindi रजEvery word from Sanskrit रोग