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Where does “indagate” come from?

indagate (English) comes from Latin indagatus, from Latin indagare, from Latin indago, from Latin indu, from Old Latin endo, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

indagate (English): to search into, investigate

Definitions

  1. to search into, investigate

Ancestry of “indagate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindagatustracked, traced, having been hunted by tracking;...
2Latinindagarepresent active infinitive of indāgō;...
3LatinindagoI track, trace, hunt by tracking; I explore,...
4LatininduArchaic form of in; in, within
5Old Latinendoin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dóinto, inside
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “indagate”

  • indagator
  • indagative
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