Where does “Samhain” come from?
Samhain (English) comes from Irish Samhain, from Old Irish Samain, from Tagalog -in, from Tagalog aghimo, from Tagalog agham, from Sanskrit आगम, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ.
Samhain (English): A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, celebrated by the ancient Celts and by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth
Definitions
- A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, celebrated by the ancient Celts and by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth
Ancestry of “Samhain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Samhain | November |
| 2 | Old Irish | Samain | Halloween |
| 3 | Tagalog | -in | Verb suffix; Adjective-forming suffix: prone to,... |
| 4 | Tagalog | aghimo | technique |
| 5 | Tagalog | agham | science |
| 6 | Sanskrit | आगम | something handed down through tradition; theory,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | आ- | up, upon, on |
| 8 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *HáH | — |