Where does “โรงสี” come from?

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

โรงสี (Thai): rice mill: building or factory for husking rice with a husking machine

Definitions

  1. rice mill: building or factory for husking rice with a husking machine

Ancestry of “โรงสี”, step by step

โรงสี 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 สี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสีto rub; to scrape; color, colour; colored
Every word from Malay ruangEvery word from Thai โรง