Where does “mangustă” come from?
mangustă (Romanian) comes from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस, from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭, from Telugu ముంగిస, from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc-.
mangustă (Romanian): mongoose
Ancestry of “mangustă”, step by step