Computers and the internet are changing our concepts and in the process are putting strains on the languages of the world. Will this lead to confusion?
English used to borrow words from Greek for scientific use - has that changed?
2006-08-23 17:45:25 · 10 answers · asked by RebelBlood 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I believe they used the word from Hinduism. In Hinduism avatar means a incarnation of one god on earth to destroy the evil and saves the world.
For ex., one of the main god Vishu has many avatars (around 10) like Krishna, Rama, Budda, etc..
May be yahoo used that word to mean, different view of the same person.
2006-08-23 17:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by brsanthu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that Yahoo! didn't make up the word "avatar". It's a pretty common word on the Internet. And English borrows words from many languages, not just Greek.
2006-08-24 08:49:36 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 22:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo didn't make up the word avatar. There are video games where you make an avatar to look like you (or whomever you want), to play the game with.
2006-08-23 17:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Avatar meaning a temporary manifestation or aspect of a continuing entity in human form.
2006-08-24 01:37:21 · answer #5 · answered by Reighn J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They used a dictionary
2006-08-23 17:52:13 · answer #6 · answered by longhair140 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They got it from Sanskrit avatArah descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over
2006-08-23 17:48:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not really.... that word is an exception i think but i still want to know what avatar means.............
2006-08-23 17:47:54 · answer #8 · answered by I need Answers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They stole it.
2006-08-23 18:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by mphsgurl79 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they made it up lol
2006-08-23 17:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by one_young_mama 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋