'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
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Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, from 'yunakti' he yokes; akin to Latin 'jungere' to join
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