Where does “अत्याचार” come from?
अत्याचार (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit आचार, from Sanskrit चार, from Sanskrit चर, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰāgás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂gós — Paleo-Balkan oak.
अत्याचार (Sanskrit): performance of works of supererogation
Definitions
- performance of works of supererogation
Ancestry of “अत्याचार”, step by step
अत्याचार traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit आचार
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | आचार | conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |