Where does “वनस्पतिविज्ञान” come from?
वनस्पतिविज्ञान (Hindi) comes from Hindi विज्ञान, from Sanskrit विज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
वनस्पतिविज्ञान (Hindi): botany, the study of plants
Definitions
- botany, the study of plants
Ancestry of “वनस्पतिविज्ञान”, step by step
वनस्पतिविज्ञान traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi विज्ञान
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | विज्ञान | knowledge; understanding; science, study of |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विज्ञान | science; knowledge; wisdom |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ज्ञान | knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Hindi वनस्पति
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | वनस्पति | plant, vegetation; vegetable |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वनस्पति | ‘king of the wood’, a forest tree; stem, trunk,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पति | husband; lord, master; master, owner, possessor,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pátiš | master, lord; husband |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |