ViaPortuguese fromMalayalamഅടയ്ക്ക(aṭaykka),[1] itself fromProto-Dravidian*aṭ-ay-kkāy(“areca nut”).[2]
areca (pluralarecas)
Borrowed fromMalayalamഅടയ്ക്ക(aṭaykka) /Tamilஅடைக்காய்(aṭaikkāy), itself fromProto-Dravidian*aṭaykkāy(“areca nut”).
areca f (pluralarecas)