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gato

ga

masc abl sg of ga (adj); masc nom sg of gata (pp)

1. ga (adj): who goes; goes after; going; gone; having gone; being
2. gata (pp): gone (to); went (for)
3. gata (pp): become (a certain way); being in (some state); gone into (a state)
4. gata (pp): related to; referring to; kind of; type of; of a sort
5. gata (pp): walked; travelled
6. gata (pp): passed

Built from

• ga — root · go, walk
  PIE *gʰem-, appearing in English "come", Latin "venio", Greek "baínō". The root captures forward motion and arrival at a destination.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the verb as a completed action in the past, forming an adjective describing one who has gone or a state that has been reached.

Etymology. From √gam (go, walk), cognate with English "come" (both from PIE *gʰem-), Latin "venio", and Greek "βαίνω" (baínō). The root appears in Sanskrit gatá-, from which gata is inherited. The sense of arrival and completion derives from the root's basic meaning of motion toward a destination.

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

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