Where does “நூறுகோடி” come from?
நூறுகோடி (Tamil) comes from Tamil கோடி, from Tamil கோடு, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
நூறுகோடி (Tamil): one billion, thousand million, hundred crores
Definitions
- one billion, thousand million, hundred crores
Ancestry of “நூறுகோடி”, step by step
நூறுகோடி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tamil கோடி
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | கோடி | end, tip, point |
| 2 | Tamil | கோடு | to bend; be crooked |
| 3 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 4 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 5 | Old French | cort | court |
| 6 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 7 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Tamil நூறு
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | நூறு | hundred |