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abbhuggato

abbhuggata

masc nom sg of abbhuggata (pp)

1. arisen; spread; circulated (about); lit. gone up to the top

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, over
  Facing something, bearing down on it. Cognate with Latin ob- (observe).
• ud — prefix · up, out
  Upward and outward motion. Cognate with English out, German aus.
• √gam — root · go
  Cognate with English come, Latin venire. The abstract notion of 'arising' or 'becoming known' flows from the concrete sense of motion.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a past participle in masculine nominative singular, expressing a state resulting from the action of going.

Analysis. abhi + ud + gata: 'gone up toward' (abhi 'toward and over' + ud 'up and out' + √gam 'go', past participle gata). The image: going upward and bearing down on something, hence spreading widely or becoming known.

Etymology. abhi (toward, over; cognate with Latin ob- in observe, obtain) + ud (up, out; cognate with English out, German aus) + √gam (go; cognate with English come, Latin venire). The prefix pair abhi + ud intensifies the outward and upward motion, giving the sense of emergence and dissemination.

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

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