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samatto

samatta

masc nom sg of samatta (pp)

1. completed; finished
2. perfect; consummate; faultless; lit. attained
3. adopted; accepted; taken upon oneself; (comm) fulfilled; lit. taken together

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Things brought into one; spatial togetherness becomes abstract perfection. Cognate with Latin con- and English same.
• att — root · attain, fit, join
  Root meaning to reach or join; the sense 'fit together' underlies both 'attain' and 'complete'. Related to English adapt.
• a — ending · past participle
  The -a ending marks the masculine nominative singular of past participles in Pali, showing completed action.

Analysis. sam- (together, completely) + atta (past participle of attati, 'to attain'), hence 'completely attained' or 'brought together to completion'.

Etymology. sam + √att (to attain, fit, join). The prefix sam- ('together, completely', cognate with Latin con- and English same) combines with the root att- (Indo-European *ad-, 'to fit'; related to English adapt). The spatial sense of sam- (things brought into one whole) becomes the abstract notion of perfection and completeness.

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

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