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susikkhito

susikkhita

masc nom sg of susikkhita (adj)

1. well trained; thoroughly mastered

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  Indo-European *su-, same root as Greek εὖ eu- (eulogy); here intensifies the adjective to mean 'well-trained' rather than merely 'trained'.
• sikkhita — stem · trained, instructed
  Past participle of sikkhati 'learns, practices'; the root *śikṣ- (Sanskrit śikṣati) is cognate with the sense of 'following a teaching' found in Latin sequī 'follow'. In Pali canon, sikkhati denotes learning the Dhamma and monastic discipline.

Etymology. su- 'well, good' (Indo-European *su-, cognate with Greek εὖ eu- in eulogy, eu-logy) + sikkhita 'trained, instructed' (past participle of sikkhati 'learns, practices discipline', from *śikṣ-, cognate with Sanskrit śikṣati and distantly with Latin sequi 'follow' in the sense of 'following a teaching'). The prefix su- keeps its sense of 'well' or 'successfully' before the root.

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

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