Etymograph

English

anna

Anna (the former Indian coin) comes from Hindi अन्न ‘food, grain’, from Sanskrit अन्न.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअन्न1anna‘food’
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentअन्न1ann‘food, grain’
  3. Englishtodayanna1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English anna

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअन्नWiktionary, English annaanna‘food’
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentअन्नWiktionary, English annaann‘food, grain’
  3. EnglishtodayannaWiktionary, English anna

Word family

English words that share an ancestor with anna, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’

  • eat ← eten ← etan ← *etan ← *etaną
  • et ← ǣt ← *āt ← *etaną ← *h₁édti
  • obesity ← obésité ← obēsitās ← obēsus ← obedō
  • edible ← edibilis ← edō ← *edō ← *h₁édti
  • ent ← *anti ← *etunaz ← *etaną ← *h₁édti
  • fret ← frēten ← fretan ← *fraetan ← *fraetaną
  • etch ← etsen ← ätzen ← azzon ← *atjaną
  • phage ← ἔδω ← *édō ← *h₁édti
  • esca
  • anodyne ← anodine ← anōdynos ← ἀνώδυνος ← ὀδύνη

through Hindi अन्न ‘food, grain’

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Today it means

noun A former Indian coin, being a 16th of a rupee.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “anna”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Sanskrit अन्न / anna