Etymograph

English

mitra

Mitra comes from Sanskrit मित्र ‘friend’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás ‘covenant’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’literally ‘to bind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mitrás‘covenant’literally ‘(that which) causes binding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*mitrásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमित्रmitrá‘friend’
  5. Englishtodaymitra

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’literally ‘to bind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mitrás‘covenant’literally ‘(that which) causes binding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*mitrásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमित्रmitrá‘friend’
  5. Englishtodaymitra

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’

mean, common, community, met, minister, commission, minute, communication, mess, meal, communist, minor, menu, mutual, communicate, ministry, immune, mere, min, compromise, missile, communism, commit, ammunition, minus, immunity, communal, mole, communion, dismiss, premise, municipality, ammo, mayhem, noodle, moor, commune, mural, remuneration, intermittent, 79 more

Today it means

noun A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / mitra

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