Where does “आवश्यकता” come from?
आवश्यकता (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit आवश्यक, from Sanskrit अवश्य, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
आवश्यकता (Sanskrit): necessity, inevitability
Ancestry of “आवश्यकता”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | आवश्यक | necessary, required; inevitable, inexorable |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अवश्य | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “आवश्यकता”