Where does “ผู้อำนวยเพลง” come from?
ผู้อำนวยเพลง (Thai) comes from Thai เพลง, from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.
ผู้อำนวยเพลง (Thai): conductor
Definitions
- conductor
Ancestry of “ผู้อำนวยเพลง”, step by step
ผู้อำนวยเพลง traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai เพลง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เพลง | song; music |
| 2 | Middle Khmer | ភ្លេង | playing music; music; music ensemble |
| 3 | Khmer | លេង | to play, to enjoy, to do for fun |
via Thai ผู้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ผู้ | person; people; male; those; those who |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | pʰuːᶜ | person |
via Thai อำนวย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | อำนวย | to conduct (an orchestra, musical band, etc) |