Where does “indemn” come from?
indemn (English) comes from French indemne, from Latin indemnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
indemn (English): Without loss or injury
Definitions
- Without loss or injury
Ancestry of “indemn”, step by step
indemn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French indemne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | indemne | unhurt, undamaged, unscathed |
| 2 | Latin | indemnis | unhurt, uninjured |
| 3 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Romanian îndemna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | îndemna | to prompt, spur, urge |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | indemināre | — |
| 3 | Latin | inde | thence, from there; from, since; thenceforth |
| 4 | Old Latin | em | then, there; The name of the letter "M"; of... |