Where does “jātisaṃsāra” come from?
jātisaṃsāra (Pali) comes from Pali saṃsāra, from Sanskrit संसार, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior — old.
jātisaṃsāra (Pali): circle of rebirths
Definitions
- circle of rebirths
Ancestry of “jātisaṃsāra”, step by step
jātisaṃsāra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali saṃsāra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | saṃsāra | transmigration |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संसार | going or wandering through, undergoing... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 4 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 5 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 6 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 7 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 9 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 10 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |