Where does “Ashoka” come from?
Ashoka derives from Sanskrit अशोक, a Sanskrit term formed with the negation prefix अ- from Sanskrit शोक meaning sorrow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian śṓcati and Proto-Indo-European ḱewk-.
Ancestry of “Ashoka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अशोक | the plant {{taxlink|Saraca asoca|species}};... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “Ashoka”