Where does “Indicative” come from?
Indicative (English) comes from Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicativus, from Latin indico, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “Indicative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | indicatif | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | indicativus | indicative |
| 3 | Latin | indico | I indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |