Etymology

stupa

S1T1U1P3A1

Today it means: A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style. Full definition →

Sanskrit स्तूप
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Sanskrit · learned borrowing fromस्तूप
  2. English todaystupa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.