Where does “Purana” come from?

Purana comes from Sanskrit पुराण, meaning ancient or of old times.

Purana (English): A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology

Definitions

  1. A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology

Ancestry of “Purana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपुराणbelonging to ancient or olden times, ancient,...
2Sanskrit-नforms nouns from roots
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “Purana”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Sanskrit -न →