Where does “สงสาร” come from?
สงสาร (Thai) comes from Pali saṃsāra, from Sanskrit संसार, from Sanskrit सार, from English Sir, from English sire, from Middle English sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior — old.
สงสาร (Thai): saṃsāra: cycle of death and rebirth
Definitions
- saṃsāra: cycle of death and rebirth
Ancestry of “สงสาร”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | saṃsāra | transmigration |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संसार | going or wandering through, undergoing... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सार | course, motion; stretching out, extension;... |
| 4 | English | Sir | Alternative letter-case form of sir; The titular... |
| 5 | English | sire | A lord, master, or other person in authority,... |
| 6 | Middle English | sire | Used preceding the name or title of a knight,... |
| 7 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 9 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 10 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |