Where does “ตัวแทน” come from?
ตัวแทน (Thai) comes from Thai แทน, from English tan, from French tan, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos — to stretch, to extend.
ตัวแทน (Thai): agent: one acting on behalf of another, called...
Definitions
- agent: one acting on behalf of another, called...
Ancestry of “ตัวแทน”, step by step
ตัวแทน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai แทน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | แทน | instead of; in place of; rather than; to... |
| 2 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |