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yasappatto

yasappatta

masc nom sg of yasappatta (adj)

1. become famous; renowned; lit. attained fame

Built from

• yasa — root · fame, renown
  From PIE *yéh₂s-, referring to resounding noise that brings renown; cognate with Sanskrit yaśas.
• a — prefix · toward, up to
  The prefix ā- (reversed motion toward the speaker) assimilated with p- of pad- to form ap-, here meaning 'reached, attained'.
• p — prefix · forth, forward
  Part of ap- (ā + pa), intensifying and directing the motion of pad-.
• patta — stem · attained, reached
  Past participle of pad- (to arrive, attain), with -ta ending marking completed action. The compound yasappatta treats this participle as an adjective describing the achieved state.

Analysis. yasappatta is a tatpuruṣa compound: yasa (fame, renown) + appatta (past participle of appati, to attain). Literally 'fame-attained', idiomatically 'renowned'. The past participle serves as the second element describing the quality of the person.

Etymology. yasa derives from Indo-European *yéh₂s- (to boil, seethe, rage), which shifted to mean resounding noise, hence fame and repute; cognate with Sanskrit yaśas and Old English ġies (noise). appatta comes from the root pad- (to go, fall, arrive — PIE *peh₂d-), with the prefix ap- (away, off, used here in the sense of 'reaching toward'), forming 'arrived at' or 'attained'.

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

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