Where does “โทรโข่ง” come from?
โทรโข่ง (Thai) comes from Thai โทร, from Thai โทรศัพท์, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
โทรโข่ง (Thai): megaphone
Ancestry of “โทรโข่ง”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | โทร | tele-; far; remote; to make a telephone call |
| 2 | Thai | โทรศัพท์ | telephone; to make a telephone call; to call or... |
| 3 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 4 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |