Where does “Brahmacharya” come from?
Brahmacharya (English) comes from Sanskrit ब्रह्मचर्य, from Sanskrit ब्रह्म, from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
Ancestry of “Brahmacharya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्मचर्य | Brahmacharya: the study of the Veda; the state of... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्म | priest |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्मन् | pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |