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Where does “Mamaril” come from?

Mamaril (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baril, from Javanese bedil, from Tamil வெடில் — gunpowder.

Ancestry of “Mamaril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbarilgun
2JavanesebedilJava arquebus
3Tamilவெடில்gunpowder
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