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.

Indicative (English): Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

Definitions

  1. Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

Ancestry of “Indicative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchindicatif—
2Late Latinindicativusindicative
3LatinindicoI indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,...
4Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6Old Latinenin
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Indicative”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →