Where does “ไม่ค่อย” come from?

ไม่ค่อย (Thai) comes from Thai ไม่, from Thai ได้, from Thai พลอย — gem; precious stone.

ไม่ค่อย (Thai): hardly; scarcely; not very

Definitions

  1. hardly; scarcely; not very

Ancestry of “ไม่ค่อย”, step by step

ไม่ค่อย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม่no; not; neither; nor; no
2Thaiได้to get; to obtain; to receive; used before a verb...
3Thaiพลอยgem; precious stone

via Thai ค่อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiค่อยgradually; little-by-little; gently; softly
2Proto-Taigɔːjᴮgradually, slowly
Every word from Thai พลอย →Every word from Thai ได้ →Every word from Thai ไม่ →
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