Where does “bhakti” come from?

Bhakti comes from Sanskrit भक्ति, a noun formed from the Sanskrit suffix -ति.

bhakti (English): devotion to God

Definitions

  1. devotion to God

Ancestry of “bhakti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभक्तिdistribution, partition, separation; division,...
2Sanskrit-ति-ness
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “bhakti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Sanskrit -ति →Every word from Sanskrit भक्ति →