Where does “സവാള” come from?

സവാള (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese cebola, from Old Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

സവാള (Malayalam): onion, Allium cepa, monocotyledonous plant with an edible bulb, used as a vegetable

Definitions

onion, Allium cepa, monocotyledonous plant with an edible bulb, used as a vegetable

Ancestry of “സവാള”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	cebola	onion
2	Old Portuguese	cebola	—
3	Latin	cēpulla	onion-bed, onion-field
4	Latin	-ulus	Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Old Portuguese cebola →