Where does “लगातार” come from?
लगातार (Hindi) comes from Hindi तार, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος.
लगातार (Hindi): continuously, without pause
Definitions
- continuously, without pause
Ancestry of “लगातार”, step by step
लगातार traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi तार
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | तार | wire, cord; string; telegram |
| 2 | English | wire | Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now... |
| 3 | Middle English | wir | — |
| 4 | Old English | wīr | wire, metal thread, wire-ornament |
| 5 | English | myrtle | An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus... |
| 6 | Old French | myrte | — |
| 7 | Latin | myrtus | myrtle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μύρτος | myrtle; twig or spray of myrtle |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μυρίκη | tamarisk |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ίκη | — |
via Hindi लगना
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | लगना | to seem, appear; to be perceived; to be hit,... |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀮𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀤𑀺 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | लग्यति | adheres, sticks, clings or attaches one's self to |
| 4 | Sanskrit | लग् | to attach, stick to, cling |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₂gʷ- | to seize, take; to take, seize |