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

  1. conductor

Ancestry of “ผู้อำนวยเพลง”, step by step

ผู้อำนวยเพลง traces back through 3 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 ผู้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผู้person; people; male; those; those who
2Proto-Southwestern Taipʰuːᶜperson

via Thai อำนวย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอำนวยto conduct (an orchestra, musical band, etc)
Every word from Khmer លេងEvery word from Middle Khmer ភ្លេងEvery word from Thai เพลง