English
anna
Anna (the former Indian coin) comes from Hindi अन्न ‘food, grain’, from Sanskrit अन्न.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअन्नanna‘food’
- Hindic. 1500–presentअन्नann‘food, grain’
- Englishtodayanna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअन्नanna‘food’
- Hindic. 1500–presentअन्नann‘food, grain’
- Englishtodayanna
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
eat, et, obesity, edible, ent, fret, etch, phage, esca, anodyne, 21 more
through Hindi अन्न ‘food, grain’
Today it means
noun A former Indian coin, being a 16th of a rupee.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit अन्न / anna