Where does “aggatā” come from?
aggatā (Pali) comes from Pali agga, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
aggatā (Pali): pre-eminence, prominence, superiority
Definitions
- pre-eminence, prominence, superiority
Ancestry of “aggatā”, step by step
aggatā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali agga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | agga | highest; top-most |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
via Pali tā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | tā | feminine nominative/accusative plural of ta;... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |