Where does “Indus script” come from?
Indus script (English) comes from English Indus, from English industry, from Middle English industry, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō — sterile, infertile.
Ancestry of “Indus script”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Indus | — |
| 2 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 3 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 4 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 5 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 6 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 7 | Latin | struō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |