Where does “gengibre” come from?

gengibre (Old Spanish) comes from Old Occitan gingibre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭, from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *wēr — root.

gengibre (Old Spanish): ginger

Definitions

ginger

Ancestry of “gengibre”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Occitan	gingibre	ginger
2	Late Latin	gingiber	—
3	Latin	zingiberī	ginger
4	Ancient Greek	ζιγγίβερις	ginger
5	Sauraseni Prakrit	𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭	ginger
6	Old Tamil	𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆	ginger root
7	Old Tamil	𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆	root
8	Proto-Dravidian	*wēr	root

Words derived from “gengibre”

jengibre
engibre
jengibre

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wēr →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 →