Where does “เอเชียน้อย” come from?
เอเชียน้อย (Thai) comes from Thai เอเชีย, from English Asia, from Middle English Asia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
เอเชียน้อย (Thai): Asia Minor
Definitions
- Asia Minor
Ancestry of “เอเชียน้อย”, step by step
เอเชียน้อย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai เอเชีย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เอเชีย | Asian |
| 2 | English | Asia | A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius |
| 3 | Middle English | Asia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Āsia | A kind of rye |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 7 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |