Etymograph

English

avidya

Avidya comes from Sanskrit अविद्या ‘ignorance, particularly in spiritual or…’, from विद्या ‘knowledge’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*wayd-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEविद्vid‘to know’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविद्या‘knowledge’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEअविद्याavidyā‘ignorance, particularly in spiritual or religious matters’
  6. Englishtodayavidya

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*wayd-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEविद्vid‘to know’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविद्या‘knowledge’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEअविद्याavidyā‘ignorance, particularly in spiritual or religious matters’
  6. Englishtodayavidya

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

story, guy, idea, video, review, visit, evidence, provide, interview, advice, witness, wise, historic, guide, vision, wisdom, wit, wizard, invisible, historian, advise, visa, idol, visibility, witty, evident, guise, vista, prudent, revise, jurisprudence, steroid, prudence, revue, tabloid, envious, improvise, twit, druid, voyeur, 120 more

Today it means

noun Ignorance or delusion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / avidya

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