Where does “agra” come from?
agra (English) comes from Hindi आगरा, from Sanskrit अग्रेवण, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
agra (English): Dear, darling
Ancestry of “agra”, step by step
agra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi आगरा
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | आगरा | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अग्रेवण | forest border |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 5 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
via Irish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | a | his, its; her, its; their |
| 2 | Old Irish | a | nominative/accusative singular neuter of in; that... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *ā | O (vocative particle) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ō | oh, ah |