Where does “अन्तर्जाल” come from?
अन्तर्जाल (Sanskrit) comes from English internet, from English internetwork, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus.
अन्तर्जाल (Sanskrit): internet
Definitions
- internet
Ancestry of “अन्तर्जाल”, step by step
अन्तर्जाल traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English internet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 2 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 3 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 4 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 5 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 7 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 9 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 10 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 13 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Sanskrit जाल
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | जाल | watery; Nauclea cadamba; a small cucumber |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पृष्ठ | the back; the hinder part or rear of anything |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pr̥ṣṭʰás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥štʰás | back |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥-sth₂-ós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Sanskrit अन्तर्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्तर् | within, between, amongst, in the middle or... |