Etymology

suttee

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Today it means: The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion. Full definition →

Sanskrit सती
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसती“good and virtuous or faithful wife”
  2. English todaysuttee

From Sanskrit सती (satī́, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from सत् (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

Words from the same roots

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