anvāgameti

pr 3rd sg of anvāgameti (verb)

follows around; returns (to); revives; relives; lit. causes to follow back

Built from

anu — prefix · following after
Trails behind, follows the track. Cognate with Greek ana- 'along, up through'.
ā — prefix · back, toward
Reverses motion of the root; brings action back to the speaker or origin. No common European cognate.
gam — root · go, come
Root of motion. Cognate with English 'come' and Latin 'venio'.
e — stem · causative stem
Forms the causative voice, expressing causation or inducement.
ti — ending · 3sg pres
Third person singular present indicative: he/she/it causes to go back.

Analysis. anu- 'following' + ā- 'back, toward' + √gam 'go' + causative -eti. The prefix anu- positions the subject as trailing after; ā- reverses the motion of going, implying return or coming back; the causative -eti marks the act of causing or bringing about. Literally 'causes to go back along the track', hence 'follows, returns to, revives'.

Etymology. √gam 'go' is the Indo-European cognate of English 'come' and Latin 'venio'. The prefixes anu- (trailing behind) and ā- (back toward) combine their concrete spatial senses: anu- suggests following a path already taken, while ā- reverses motion toward the speaker or origin, yielding the sense of returning or retracing.

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

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