Where does “मंत्रिमंडल” come from?
मंत्रिमंडल (Hindi) comes from Hindi मंडल, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
मंत्रिमंडल (Hindi): cabinet
Ancestry of “मंत्रिमंडल”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | मंडल | disc; ring, band; zone, district, division |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मण्डल | circular, round; disk; anything round |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -ल | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |