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Swastika

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means an ancient symbol of well-being, later co-opted as a symbol of Nazism
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Stage 1 of 2
svastika
Sanskrit · ancient
"well-being, good fortune"
literally "well-being", an ancient auspicious symbol
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Stage 2 of 2
swastika
English · 1800s
"an ancient symbol of good fortune"
adopted as archaeologists studied the symbol across ancient cultures
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