Where does “tantric” come from?

Tantric derives from English tantra, influenced by the French suffix -ique and Latin -icus, both descended from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

tantric (English): Describing Vajrayana Buddhism; Describing any of...

Definitions

  1. Describing Vajrayana Buddhism; Describing any of...

Ancestry of “tantric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtantraA Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text
2Sanskritतन्त्रa loom; the warp; the leading or principal or...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniantántram—
4Proto-Indo-European*tántram—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tantric”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tántram →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tántram →