Where does “zingibro” come from?

zingibro (Esperanto) comes from Latin zingiberī, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭, from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *wēr — root.

zingibro (Esperanto): ginger

Definitions

  1. ginger

Ancestry of “zingibro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzingiberīginger
2Ancient Greekζιγγίβεριςginger
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭ginger
4Old Tamil𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆ginger root
5Old Tamil𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆root
6Proto-Dravidian*wērroot
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wēr →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 →