gāmato

gāma

masc abl sg of gāma (noun); masc abl pl of gāma (noun); masc abl sg of gāma (adj)

gāma (masc): village; hamlet; lit. collection
gāma (masc): group; class; type; family; lit. collection
gāma (adj): vulgar; common; crude; lit. related to village
gāmato (masc): from the village

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gāma — root · village, collection
From √gam "to go, gather", with the noun suffix -a. The concrete image is people gathering or coming together in one place; hence both "assembly" and the settled community that grows from it. The same root produces gacchati "goes".

Etymology. From √gam "to go, gather"; the base sense is "collection" or "assembly" (those who gather). Related to Sanskrit grama- and Greek agora (ἀγορά) "gathering place, marketplace" from the same Indo-European root *ger- "to assemble"; the shift from public assembly to settled village reflects how early communities formed at meeting-grounds.

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

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