betel

noun

Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper

Roots

vettilabetel- · Malayalam · leaf of the betel vine, chewed with areca nut

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Where does betel come from?

The word betel breaks down into one root of Malayalam origin: the root betel, from Malayalam vettila (“leaf of the betel vine, chewed with areca nut”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.