Friday, 11 November 2022

When you say 'yoga' are you speaking Sanskrit?

'Yoga' is a word borrowed from Sanskrit 'yoga'. The word entered the English language some time around 1820.


yoga [noun] [1820]
  • a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may...
  • a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being
See 'yoga' on the Loan Words Map

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Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, from 'yunakti' he yokes; akin to Latin 'jungere' to join
See more loan words from 1800s.


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