Where does “indemnity” come from?
Indemnity comes from Middle French indemnité, from Latin indemnitas, composed of Latin in- (not) and -tas (noun suffix), from Latin in (in, not) and Proto-Indo-European ne (not) and deh₂- (to give).
indemnity (English): Security from damage, loss, or penalty; An...
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- Security from damage, loss, or penalty; An...
Ancestry of “indemnity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | indempnite | indemnity security from loss |
| 2 | Middle French | indemnité | insurance payment |
| 3 | Latin | indemnitas | security from damage or loss, indemnity |
| 4 | Latin | indemnis | unhurt, uninjured |
| 5 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |