Where does “trimarà” come from?

trimarà (Catalan) comes from Catalan catamarà, from English catamaran, from Tamil கட்டுமரம், from Tamil மரம், from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *maran — tree.

trimarà (Catalan): trimaran type of boat with three parallel hulls

Definitions

  1. trimaran type of boat with three parallel hulls

Ancestry of “trimarà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancatamaràcatamaran twin-hulled boat
2EnglishcatamaranA twin-hulled ship or boat; A quarrelsome woman;...
3Tamilகட்டுமரம்a makeshift boat made by binding logs together with a rope; raft
4Tamilமரம்tree
5Old Tamil𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆tree
6Proto-Dravidian*marantree
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maran →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil மரம் →