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pathavito

pathavī

fem abl sg of pathavī (noun)

1. pathavito (ind): from earth; apart from earth
2. pathavito (ind): as earth
3. pathavī (fem): earth; world
4. pathavī (fem): earth; ground
5. pathavī (fem): ground; land; country

Built from

• path — root · spread, expand
  From Indo-European *pleth₂-; the concrete image of the earth as a spreading, broad expanse. Cognate with Sanskrit pṛth-, Latin planus, Greek platýs.
• avī — stem · earth (feminine noun)
  The nominative stem of the feminine noun pathavī; -ī is a feminine ending.
• to — ending · ablative singular feminine
  The ablative case marker (-to in the feminine) expressing origin, separation, or source; here it makes the noun function as an adverb meaning 'from earth' or 'as earth'.

Analysis. Ablative singular of pathavī; the -to ending marks ablative case in the feminine, often functioning as an indeclinable adverb ("from earth", "away from earth").

Etymology. Pathavī is cognate with Sanskrit pṛthivī, from the root pṛth- "to spread, expand"; related to Latin planus "flat, level", English flat, and Greek platýs "broad, wide". The word captures the image of the earth as a spreading, flat expanse.

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

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