English
Zen-like
From Zen + -like.
Formed from Zen + -like
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂- ‘to perceive, see’
Sanskrit ध्यै ‘to contemplate, meditate, think of’
Sanskrit ध्यान ‘a type of meditation’
English Zen
Today it means
adj Resembling Zen Buddhism or some aspect of it, especially the use of cryptic, apparently nonsensical parables.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Zen-like