Where does “Indo” come from?
Indo (English) comes from English Indo-European, from English european, from French Européen — European; person from Europe.
Indo (English): A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person
Definitions
- A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person
Ancestry of “Indo”, step by step
Indo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Indo-European
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Indo-European | A member of the original ethnolinguistic group... |
| 2 | English | european | Related to Europe |
| 3 | French | Européen | European; person from Europe |