Where does “นักแต่งเพลง” come from?

นักแต่งเพลง (Thai) comes from Thai เพลง, from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.

นักแต่งเพลง (Thai): songwriter

Definitions

  1. songwriter

Ancestry of “นักแต่งเพลง”, step by step

นักแต่งเพลง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เพลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเพลงsong; music
2Middle Khmerភ្លេងplaying music; music; music ensemble
3Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun

via Thai แต่ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแต่งto marry; to wed; to appoint; to name; to...
2Khmerតែងto adorn, to decorate; to appoint; to arrange, to...
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