Where does “แว่นขยาย” come from?

แว่นขยาย (Thai) comes from Thai แว่น — circular piece (of something sliced, of glass, etc).

แว่นขยาย (Thai): magnifying glass

Definitions

  1. magnifying glass

Ancestry of “แว่นขยาย”, step by step

แว่นขยาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แว่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแว่นcircular piece (of something sliced, of glass, etc)

via Thai ขยาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขยายto be or cause to be greater (in size, quantity, etc): to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to broaden, to lengthen, to prolong, to scale up, to blow up, to spread, to dilate, to multiply, to amplify, etc
Every word from Thai แว่น