Where does “தொழிலாளி” come from?

தொழிலாளி (Tamil) comes from Tamil -ஆளி, from Tamil -ஆள், from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

தொழிலாளி (Tamil): worker, laborer

Definitions

  1. worker, laborer

Ancestry of “தொழிலாளி”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-ஆளிer, -person
2Tamil-ஆள்third person feminine singular suffix
3Tamilஆள்person
4Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ →Every word from Tamil ஆள் →Every word from Tamil -ஆளி →