Etymology trees · धातुवृक्षः
One seed, a whole family
Sanskrit words are not invented one by one — they grow. Plant a root and watch the affixes branch: the doing, the doer, the done, and the words a prefix bends in a new direction. Tap any leaf.
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The seed
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Why this one matters
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Nothing on these trees is a coincidence. The same affixes recur on every root — -अन and -ति make the act, -तृ makes the doer, -त makes the thing done — so once a shape is known it can be read on a word nobody has taught you.