Where does “മേൽവിലാസം” come from?

മേൽവിലാസം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മേൽ, from Proto-Dravidian mē — up, above.

മേൽവിലാസം (Malayalam): postal address

Definitions

  1. postal address

Ancestry of “മേൽവിലാസം”, step by step

മേൽവിലാസം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മേൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമേൽup
2Proto-Dravidianmēup, above

via Malayalam വിലാസം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവിലാസംaddress, location
2Sanskritविलास—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mē →Every word from Malayalam മേൽ →