Where does “indagative” come from?
indagative (English) comes from English indagate, 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.
indagative (English): Searching; exploring; investigating
Definitions
- Searching; exploring; investigating
Ancestry of “indagative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indagate | to search into, investigate |
| 2 | Latin | indagatus | tracked, traced, having been hunted by tracking;... |
| 3 | Latin | indagare | present active infinitive of indāgō;... |
| 4 | Latin | indago | I track, trace, hunt by tracking; I explore,... |
| 5 | Latin | indu | Archaic form of in; in, within |
| 6 | Old Latin | endo | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dó | into, inside |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |