Where does “पश्चात्ताप” come from?

पश्चात्ताप (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit ताप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

पश्चात्ताप (Sanskrit): "after-pain", sorrow, regret, repentance

Definitions

  1. "after-pain", sorrow, regret, repentance

Ancestry of “पश्चात्ताप”, step by step

पश्चात्ताप traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit ताप

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतापheating; heat, pain, torment
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantāpásheat
3Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

via Sanskrit पश्चात्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपश्चात्from behind, in the rear, behind, backwards; from...
2Proto-Indo-IranianpasčaH—
3Proto-Indo-European*pos-kʷéh₁—

Words derived from “पश्चात्ताप”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás →Every word from Sanskrit ताप →