English
angsana
Angsana comes from Malay angsana ‘the amboyna’, and goes back to Sanskrit असन.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअसनasana
- Malaymodernangsana‘the amboyna’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअसनasana
- Malaymodernangsana‘the amboyna’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
Earliest quotation: 2012, Sunil Nair, When All The Lights Are Stripped Away: “Canvas umbrellas over the circular benches in the park…”
Every English word from Sanskrit असन
Today it means
noun A tree of species Pterocarpus indicus, the source of a desirable tropical hardwood, of southeast Asia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit असन / angsana