Etymology

yoga

yo·ga
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Today it means: Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind. Full definition →

Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga) ← Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas
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yoga · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yówgos
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwgas
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryan*yáwgas
  5. Sanskritयोग॑ (yóga)
  6. English todayyoga

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”) (whence also yoke).

yoga · noun2

  1. Chamorro · borrowed fromyoga
  2. Chamorro · borrowed fromyoga
  3. English todayyoga

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

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