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- thomas fLv 710 months agoFavorite Answer
Sanskrit is an ancient language that is not far removed from the original "Proto-Indo-European" language that was spoken by the majority of the original settlers of Europe. Nearly all of the modern European languages are evolved from Proto-Indo-European, and Sanskrit is the closest thing we have to Proto-Indo-European in our modern world.
- Anonymous10 months ago
Can someone discourse on the reason so many English words have Sanskrit roots?
- skeptikLv 710 months ago
First: Because English is part of the "Indo-European" language family.
The "Indo-" part refers to India, where Sanskrit is from.
Second: Because India was an important part of the British Empire, and a lot of newer words were adopted into English from there.
Third: Between those two periods, India was a source of terms from science, mathematics, and trade that spread to Europe.
