Where does “எல்லார்” come from?

எல்லார் (Tamil) comes from Tamil -அர், from Proto-Dravidian *-ar — Indicates a human plural noun.

எல்லார் (Tamil): everyone

Definitions

  1. everyone

Ancestry of “எல்லார்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-அர்human plural suffix
2Proto-Dravidian*-arIndicates a human plural noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-ar →Every word from Tamil -அர் →