Where does “Indus” come from?
Indus derives from English industry, which comes from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, and Latin industria, industrius, indu, in, tracing to Proto-Indo-European en.
Indus (English): A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo
Definitions
- A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo
Ancestry of “Indus”, step by step
Indus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English industry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 3 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 4 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 5 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 6 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Latin indus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | indus | Indian; of or belonging to India |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 5 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |