Where does “अनावश्यक” come from?
अनावश्यक (Marathi) comes from Marathi आवश्यक, from Sanskrit आवश्यक, from Sanskrit अवश्य, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
अनावश्यक (Marathi): unnecessary, unneeded
Ancestry of “अनावश्यक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Marathi | आवश्यक | necessary; inevitable |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आवश्यक | necessary, required; inevitable, inexorable |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अवश्य | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |