Where does “canfora” come from?

canfora (Italian) comes from Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur, from Pahlavi 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫, from Sanskrit कर्पूर, from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur — lime, calcium.

canfora (Italian): camphor; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. camphor; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “canfora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincamphora—
2Arabicكَافُور—
3Malaykapurlime
4Pahlavi𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫—
5Sanskritकर्पूरcamphor
6Palikappūracamphor
7Old Malaykapur—
8Proto-Malayic*kapur—
9Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium

Words derived from “canfora”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *kapur →Every word from Old Malay kapur →