Where does “dravidian” come from?

dravidian (Romanian) comes from French dravidien, from English Dravidian, from Sanskrit द्राविड, from Sanskrit द्रविड — N. of a people and of a district on the east...

dravidian (Romanian): Dravidian

Definitions

  1. Dravidian

Ancestry of “dravidian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchdravidienDravidian
2EnglishDravidianA member of any of several aboriginal peoples of...
3Sanskritद्राविडDravidian; the Dravidian people
4Sanskritद्रविडN. of a people and of a district on the east...
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