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ananto

ananta

masc nom sg of ananta (adj)

1. infinite; endless; boundless; without limit

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; the concrete sense is absence. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist).
• anta — root · end, boundary
  From Indo-European *h₂ent- (front, end); Sanskrit anta, Latin ante (before), English end. The root denotes a terminus or limit in space and time.

Etymology. an- (not, without) + anta (end, boundary). The negation of limit or terminus; parallel formation to Greek apeiron (boundless) from a- (not) + peirar (end, boundary).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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