Where does “เจ้าพ่อ” come from?

เจ้าพ่อ (Thai) comes from Thai เจ้า, from Proto-Tai *ɕɤwꟲ, from Middle Chinese 主.

เจ้าพ่อ (Thai): father (of a royal person); also used as a term of address to a royal person's father

Definitions

  1. father (of a royal person); also used as a term of address to a royal person's father

Ancestry of “เจ้าพ่อ”, step by step

เจ้าพ่อ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เจ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ้าgod; deity; guardian spirit; tutelary deity;...
2Proto-Tai*ɕɤwꟲmaster, owner
3Middle Chinese主—

via Thai พ่อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพ่อfather; male head, lord, leader, or master; man...
2Proto-Taiboːᴮnot; father
Every word from Middle Chinese 主 →Every word from Proto-Tai *ɕɤwꟲ →Every word from Thai เจ้า →