Where does “วาทศาสตร์” come from?
วาทศาสตร์ (Thai) comes from Thai วาท, from Thai ที่, from Proto-Tai diːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 地.
วาทศาสตร์ (Thai): rhetoric: study of the art of discourse
Definitions
- rhetoric: study of the art of discourse
Ancestry of “วาทศาสตร์”, step by step
วาทศาสตร์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai วาท
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | วาท | speech; oral statement; utterance; speech;... |
| 2 | Thai | ที่ | at; to; on the site of; within; amidst; at the... |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | diːᴮ | place, ground |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 地 | — |
via Thai ศาสตร์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ศาสตร์ | science; field or branch of knowledge; -ology |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |