Etymograph

English

krantikari

Krantikari comes from Hindi क्रांतिकारी ‘revolutionary’, from Sanskrit क्रान्ति ‘going, proceeding, step’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krā́mHti ‘to stride, go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*krā́mHti‘to stride, go’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्रम्kram‘to step, walk, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्रान्ति‘going, proceeding, step’
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentक्रांति‘revolution’
  5. Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentक्रांतिकारीkrāntikārī‘revolutionary’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2015krantikari

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*krā́mHti‘to stride, go’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्रम्kram‘to step, walk, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्रान्ति‘going, proceeding, step’
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentक्रांति‘revolution’
  5. Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentक्रांतिकारीkrāntikārī‘revolutionary’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2015krantikari

Earliest quotation: 2015, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini: “Even from my small scholarship money, I used to…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krā́mHti

Today it means

noun A revolutionary.

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