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asesaṁ

asesa

accusative singular neuter of asesa (adjective)

1. entire
2. whole
3. without remainder

Built from

• a — prefix · without, not
  Plain negation; as in avijjā (ignorance, non-knowing).
• sesa — root · remainder, residue
  Related to √si (to leave); the concrete sense is 'what is left behind or over'.

Analysis. a- (without, negation) + sesa (remainder, residue); literally 'without remainder'

Etymology. The prefix a- (without) negates sesa, which derives from √si (to leave, remain). The sense moved from 'nothing left over' to 'complete, entire'. English cognate: a-; compare Latin se-quī (to follow, leave behind).

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

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