Where does “โรงหนัง” come from?

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

โรงหนัง (Thai): cinema

Definitions

  1. cinema

Ancestry of “โรงหนัง”, step by step

โรงหนัง 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 หนัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนังskin; leather; animal hide; shadow puppet;...
2Proto-Taiʰnaŋᴬskin
Every word from Malay ruang →Every word from Thai โรง →