Where does “katamaran” come from?

katamaran (Turkish) comes from French catamaran, from English catamaran, from Tamil கட்டுமரம், from Tamil மரம், from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *maran — tree.

katamaran (Turkish): catamaran

Definitions

  1. catamaran

Ancestry of “katamaran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcatamarancatamaran, a twin-hulled ship or boat
2EnglishcatamaranA twin-hulled ship or boat; A quarrelsome woman;...
3Tamilகட்டுமரம்a makeshift boat made by binding logs together with a rope; raft
4Tamilமரம்tree
5Old Tamil𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆tree
6Proto-Dravidian*marantree
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maran →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil மரம் →