The story
- Tamil · derived fromஅகில்
- Dravidian · derived from*akil“eagle-wood”
- English todayagarwood
From agar + wood (agar ultimately from Dravidian, probably Tamil அகில் (akil)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
agarwood
Today it means: Heartwood from trees of genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. A. agallocha), infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produce a protective aromatic resin in response to this infection. Full definition →
Dravidian *akil ← Tamil அகில்