Where does “paṇḍita” come from?

paṇḍita (Pali) comes from Sanskrit पण्डित, from Sanskrit -इत, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

paṇḍita (Pali): wise man

Definitions

  1. wise man

Ancestry of “paṇḍita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपण्डितlearned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in,...
2Sanskrit-इतforms adjectives from nouns: -ed, having, furnished with
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “paṇḍita”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -इत →Every word from Sanskrit पण्डित →