Where does “ลาดพร้าว” come from?

ลาดพร้าว (Thai) comes from Thai พร้าว, from Proto-Mon-Khmer braaw.

ลาดพร้าว (Thai): Lat Phrao: one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand

Definitions

  1. Lat Phrao: one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand

Ancestry of “ลาดพร้าว”, step by step

ลาดพร้าว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai พร้าว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพร้าวcoconut
2Proto-Mon-Khmerbraaw—

via Thai ลาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลาดto lay; to pave; to spread
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer braaw →Every word from Thai พร้าว →