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etu

eti

imp 3rd sg of eti (verb)

1. eti (pr): comes (to)
2. eti (pr): goes (to)
3. etu (imp): come!; please come!
4. eti (pr): becomes

Built from

• eti — root · go, come
  The bare thematic present of √i. The root is Proto-Indo-European *ei- 'go' (Latin īre, Greek ienai, English iteration). In imperatives, the tense-mood marking does not create a visible separate morpheme; etu is the imperative stem built on the same root.

Etymology. √i 'go' (cognate with Latin ire, English iteration, Greek ienai); in Vedic āgacchati, the prefix ā- 'toward the speaker' reverses the motion verb, turning √i into 'come' rather than mere 'go'. The thematic present etati becomes eti in Pali through regular loss of the final syllable.

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

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