Where does “โรงงาน” come from?

โรงงาน (Thai) comes from Thai โรง, from Malay ruang — An area of the house that is usually without that much activity and is calming.

โรงงาน (Thai): factory, plant; workshop

Definitions

  1. factory, plant; workshop

Ancestry of “โรงงาน”, step by step

โรงงาน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โรง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโรงbuilding or structure, especially one roofed or...
2MalayruangAn area of the house that is usually without that much activity and is calming

via Thai งาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงานjob; work; task; ngan, area of land equal to a...

Words derived from “โรงงาน

Every word from Malay ruangEvery word from Thai โรง
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