Where does “Indian red” come from?
Indian red (English) comes from English Indian, from Middle French indien, from Old French indien, from Old French Inde, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.
Indian red (English): Any of a variety of red or purple pigments...
Definitions
- Any of a variety of red or purple pigments...
Ancestry of “Indian red”, step by step
Indian red traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Indian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Indian | Of or relating to India or its people; or of the... |
| 2 | Middle French | indien | — |
| 3 | Old French | indien | Indian |
| 4 | Old French | Inde | India |
| 5 | Latin | India | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 9 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 12 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via English red
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | red | Having red as its color; Having an orange-brown... |
| 2 | Middle English | red | red, crimson, scarlet; red pigment; reddened,... |
| 3 | Old English | rēad | red |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raud | red |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raudaz | red |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rowdʰós | red thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |