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aṭṭhamo

aṭṭhama

masc nom sg of aṭṭhama (ordin); masc nom sg of aṭṭhama (noun)

1. eighth (8th)
2. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. eighth

Built from

• aṭ(ṭ) — root · eight
  From PIE *oḱtō. The gemination of ṭ is a regular Pali reflex of the Sanskrit sibilant-stop cluster.
• -ama — ending · ordinal suffix (-th)
  Forms ordinal numbers from cardinals. Cognate with Latin -osus and other ordinal-forming suffixes across Indo-European.

Etymology. From Indo-European *oḱtō(u) 'eight', cognate with Sanskrit aṣṭa, Greek oktṓ, Latin octō, English eight, German acht. The ordinal suffix -ma (like English -th in eighth) forms ordinals from cardinal numbers. The doubling of ṭ is a regular phonetic development in Pali from earlier *aṣṭama.

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

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