Where does “paria” come from?

paria (Spanish) comes from Tamil பறையர், from Tamil பறையன், from Tamil -அன், from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

paria (Spanish): pariah, outcast

Definitions

  1. pariah, outcast

Ancestry of “paria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilபறையர்drummer
2Tamilபறையன்drummer
3Tamil-அன்(singular) masculine suffix particle
4Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu →Every word from Tamil -அன் →Every word from Tamil பறையன் →