Where does “pagoda” come from?
pagoda (Italian) comes from Portuguese pagode, from Malayalam പകോതി, from Sanskrit भगवती — goddess.
pagoda (Italian): pagoda
Ancestry of “pagoda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | pagode | a subgenre of samba music; pagoda; spree |
| 2 | Malayalam | പകോതി | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भगवती | goddess |