Where does “പകർച്ചവ്യാധി” come from?

പകർച്ചവ്യാധി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam വ്യാധി, from Sanskrit व्याधि — disease; disorder; illness; plague; sorrow; etc.

പകർച്ചവ്യാധി (Malayalam): infectious disease; transmissible disease

Definitions

  1. infectious disease; transmissible disease

Ancestry of “പകർച്ചവ്യാധി”, step by step

പകർച്ചവ്യാധി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam വ്യാധി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവ്യാധിdisease
2Sanskritव्याधिdisease; disorder; illness; plague; sorrow; etc

via Malayalam പകർച്ച

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപകർച്ചthe act by which something becomes spread; spreading
Every word from Sanskrit व्याधिEvery word from Malayalam വ്യാധി