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
วาทศิลป์ 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 ศิลป์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ศิลป์ | art |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शिल्प | art; art; crafts; etc; craft, artifact |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |