Where does “ถ้อยแถลง” come from?

ถ้อยแถลง (Thai) comes from Thai ถอย, from Middle Chinese 退.

ถ้อยแถลง (Thai): statement

Definitions

  1. statement

Ancestry of “ถ้อยแถลง”, step by step

ถ้อยแถลง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ถอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถอยto move back, backwards, aside, or away; to cause...
2Middle Chinese退

via Thai แถลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแถลงto tell; to give an account of
Every word from Middle Chinese 退Every word from Thai ถอย