Where does “ഒരൊറ്റ” come from?

ഒരൊറ്റ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഒരു, from Proto-Dravidian oru — one.

ഒരൊറ്റ (Malayalam): single

Definitions

  1. single

Ancestry of “ഒരൊറ്റ”, step by step

ഒരൊറ്റ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഒരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഒരുone
2Proto-Dravidianoruone

via Malayalam ഒറ്റ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഒറ്റone
2Proto-Dravidianonṯuone
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