Etymology of the English word guru
the English word
guruderived from the Sanskrit word
guruderived from the Hindi word
guruderived from the Sanskrit word
guruhderived from the Sanskrit word
guruḥusing the Sanskrit prefix
guru-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-derived from the Sanskrit word
gurúhDate
The earliest known usage of guru in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
goeroe, French
gourou, German
Guru, Norwegian
guru, Swedish
guruUsage
Word found in Modern English
