A Word A Day - Sutra

Thursday, 9 February 2006

This week's theme: loanwords from Sanskrit.

sutra

(SOO-truh) noun

A rule or formula; aphorism.

[From Sanskrit sutra (thread). Ultimately from Indo-European root syu- or su-(to bind or sew) that is also the source of sew, suture, couture, Kamasutra, and hymen.]

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