Where does “पड़ोस” come from?
पड़ोस (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit प्रतिवेश, from Sanskrit वश, from Sanskrit वश्, from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.
पड़ोस (Hindi): neighborhood, locality
Ancestry of “पड़ोस”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | प्रतिवेश | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वश | will, wish, desire; authority, power, control,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वश् | to will, command; to desire, wish, long for, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weḱ- | to wish, to want |