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