Etymograph

English

amphoe

Amphoe comes from Thai อำเภอ ‘district’, and goes back to Mon အပံၚ်အကြာ ‘space, area’.

  1. Monmodernအပံၚ်အကြာ‘space, area’
  2. Thaimodernอำเภอam-pəə‘district’
  3. Englishtodayamphoe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Monmodernအပံၚ်အကြာ‘space, area’
  2. Thaimodernอำเภอam-pəə‘district’
  3. Englishtodayamphoe

Today it means

noun An administrative subdivision of Thailand, smaller than a changwat.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mon အပံၚ်အကြာ / amphoe