Where does “Zennist” come from?
Zennist (English) comes from English zen, from Japanese 禅, from Japanese 禅那, from Middle Chinese 禪那, from Sanskrit ध्यान, from Sanskrit ध्यै, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyh₂- — mind, thought.
Zennist (English): A follower of Zen Buddhism
Definitions
- A follower of Zen Buddhism
Ancestry of “Zennist”, step by step
Zennist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English zen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zen | A denomination of Buddhism; Profound meditation... |
| 2 | Japanese | 禅 | "dhyana-samadhi"; the disciplines and doctrine of... |
| 3 | Japanese | 禅那 | Zen meditation practice |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 禪那 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | ध्यान | meditation, thought, reflection, profound and... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ध्यै | to contemplate, meditate, think of |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyh₂- | mind, thought |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |