Where does “ใบสั่งยา” come from?

ใบสั่งยา (Thai) comes from Thai ใบสั่ง, from Thai ใบ, from Proto-Tai ɓaɰᴬ — leaf.

ใบสั่งยา (Thai): (medical) prescription

Definitions

  1. (medical) prescription

Ancestry of “ใบสั่งยา”, step by step

ใบสั่งยา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ใบสั่ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใบสั่งofficial notice of a traffic offence: traffic ticket, traffic citation, etc
2Thaiใบleaf; sail; legal document
3Proto-Taiɓaɰᴬleaf

via Thai ยา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาmedicine; drug; tobacco; cigarette
2Proto-Taiˀjɯəᴬmedicine
Every word from Proto-Tai ɓaɰᴬ →Every word from Thai ใบ →Every word from Thai ใบสั่ง →