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paṭisāmeti

pr 3rd sg of paṭisāmeti (verb)

1. sets in order; clears away; tidies up; lit. causes to be calm again
2. keeps safely; stores (something in); lit. causes to be calm again

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against, in return
  Facing back or reversing a state; counter-action. Cognate with Greek prós 'toward, against'.
• sāma — root · calm, peaceful, settled
  From √sam 'to be calm or settle'; related to Latin sedatus 'settled, calm' and English same (from the sense of settled sameness).
• e — stem · causative marker
  Marks the stem as causative-forming; third-person forms follow.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Third person singular present indicative active; marks the verb as a current action in the third person.

Analysis. paṭi- (back, against, in return) + sāmeti (causes to be calm), literally 'causes to become calm again' or 'restores to calmness'; the prefix reverses or resets a state.

Etymology. From paṭi- ('back, in return') + causative of √sam (to be calm, to settle). The root √sam is cognate with Latin sedate (to settle, calm down) and English same; the causative -eti form extends the sense to 'causes to be calm again', hence 'restores order' or 'puts right'. The concrete imagery of paṭi- (returning, setting back against) combines with 'calm' to mean 'restores to order'.

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

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