English
Gondwana
Gondwana comes from Sanskrit गोण्डवन ‘Forest of Gondi’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगोण्डवनgoṇḍavana‘Forest of Gondi’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989Gondwana
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगोण्डवनgoṇḍavana‘Forest of Gondi’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989Gondwana
Earliest quotation: 1989, Uwe George, Venezuela's Islands in Time: “Gondwana began to break up some 135 million years…”
The story
The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
Every English word from Sanskrit गोण्डवन
Today it means
name A region of central India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit गोण्डवन / Gondwana