Etymology

sutta

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Pali sutta ← Sanskrit सूत्र
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसूत्र“thread, yarn, string; rule”
  2. Pali · borrowed fromsutta
  3. English todaysutta

From Pali sutta, from of Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutra.

Words from the same roots

Sanskritसूत्र all →

sutraSutratman

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.