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English word origin

Etymology of yoga

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yówgos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga)bor. English yoga Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

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.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yówgos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga)bor. English yoga 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).

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Source etymology 2

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noun

The tree Elaeocarpus joga.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

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