Etymology Explorer › HindiWhere does “आदिभाषा” come from? आदिभाषा (Hindi) comes from Hindi आदि, from Sanskrit आदि, from Hindi आदा, from Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅, from Sanskrit आर्द्रक, from Sanskrit आर्द्र — wet, moist, damp.
आदिभाषा (Hindi): ancestor language, proto-language
Definitions ancestor language, proto-language Ancestry of “आदिभाषा”, step by step आदिभाषा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi आदि Step Language Word Meaning 1 Hindi आदि beginning, source, origin; et cetera, and so on;... 2 Sanskrit आदि beginning; commencement 3 Hindi आदा ginger 4 Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 — 5 Sanskrit आर्द्रक wet, moist; ginger 6 Sanskrit आर्द्र wet, moist, damp
via Hindi भाषा Step Language Word Meaning 1 Hindi भाषा language, speech, dialect 2 Sanskrit भाषा speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... 3 Sanskrit भाष —