Where does “mará” come from?

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

mará (Spanish): criminal gang

Definitions

  1. criminal gang

Ancestry of “mará”, step by step

mará traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil மரம்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமரம்tree
2Old Tamil𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆tree
3Proto-Dravidian*marantree

via Spanish marabunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmarabuntaswarm; crowd

Words derived from “mará

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maran