Where does “นำแสดง” come from?

นำแสดง (Thai) comes from Thai แสดง, from Old Khmer stēṅa.

นำแสดง (Thai): to star, enact (a performance)

Definitions

  1. to star, enact (a performance)

Ancestry of “นำแสดง”, step by step

นำแสดง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แสดง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแสดงto act; to perform; to display; to express; to...
2Old Khmerstēṅa

via Thai นำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนำto lead; to bring
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