Where does “कर्पूर” come from?

कर्पूर (Sanskrit) comes from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ — lime, calcium.

कर्पूर (Sanskrit): camphor

Definitions

  1. camphor

Ancestry of “कर्पूर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikappūracamphor
2Old Malaykapur—
3Proto-Malayic*kapur—
4Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium

Words derived from “कर्पूर”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *kapur →Every word from Old Malay kapur →