Where does “rica” come from?

rica (Manado Malay) comes from North Moluccan Malay rica, from Ternate rica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच — black pepper.

rica (Manado Malay): chili pepper

Definitions

  1. chili pepper

Ancestry of “rica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Moluccan Malayricachili pepper
2Ternatericathe chili pepper
3Malaymerica—
4Palimaricablack pepper
5Sanskritमरिचblack pepper
Every word from Sanskrit मरिच →Every word from Pali marica →Every word from Malay merica →
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