Where does “mará” come from?

mará (Portuguese) comes from Spanish mará, from Tamil மரம், from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *maran — tree.

mará (Portuguese): mara

Definitions

  1. mara

Ancestry of “mará”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmarácriminal gang
2Tamilமரம்tree
3Old Tamil𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆tree
4Proto-Dravidian*marantree
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maran →