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bhūtaṁ

bhūta

accusative singular masculine of bhūta

1. being, creature
2. element (earth, water, fire, wind)
3. that which has become, the past

Built from

• bhū — root · become, be
  The root sense of coming into existence; the same root as bhavati and bhava. Cognate with Indo-European *bheuh₂- (English be, Latin fuit, Greek phýein).
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta suffix marks the past participle, here in accusative singular masculine form (-aṁ). Signals a completed action or state of being.

Etymology. from √bhū "to become"; cognate with English "be", Latin "fuit", Greek "phýein" (to grow, be); originally "that which has come into being".

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

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