It just struck me…

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Etymology, Hindi, indo-european language family, nourishing, nutrition, potion

that ‘potion’ and पोषण not only sound the same, but also have similar meanings.

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हो सकता है

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फलसफा, philosophy, urdu

फलसफा (in common usage, ‘फंडा’) has to have the same origin as ‘philosophy,’ no?

Kriativity

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creativity, god, joy, Kriya, language families, love, sanskrit

No, that’s not a kool spelling for creativity 😛

The Sanskrit word root for Kriya (meaning activity, to do something), Kri-  is related etymologically to the word create. Both belong to the same family tree.

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There’s a liberating joy

in creating

Anything.

From art,

to machines

even babies

Creating is, perhaps,

an aspect of God

we strive to imitate

apart from,

and like,

love.

Italycized!

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illustration, italics, Italy, Leaning Tower of Pisa, LT, typography

Deep rooted

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agni, fire, igni-, ignite, indo-european languages, latin, sanskrit

The sanskrit word ‘agni’ (fire) may have the same word root as the latin ‘igni-‘ (ignition, ignite, starting a fire…)

It matches…

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maachis, matchbook, matches, matchstick

‘Maachis’ most probably comes from ‘matches’