List Of English Words Of Sanskrit Origin
This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Many of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meanings of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Being both language, a part of Indo-European Language Family, both have numerous coagnative terms, like English "mother" coagnates to Sanskrit "mātár', likewise, father-pitár, brother-bhrā́tar, sister-svásar, son-sūnú, daughter-duhitár, man-manu/manav, dental-dántam, nose-nas, cow-gáuḥ and many more words.
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