Where does “วาทศิลป์” come from?
วาทศิลป์ (Thai) comes from Thai วาท, from Thai ที่, from Proto-Tai diːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 地.
วาทศิลป์ (Thai): rhetoric: art of discourse
Definitions
- rhetoric: art of discourse
Ancestry of “วาทศิลป์”, step by step
| 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 | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 地 | — |