Where does “indentment” come from?
indentment (English) comes from English indent, from Middle English indenten, from Old French endenter, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
indentment (English): indenture
Definitions
- indenture
Ancestry of “indentment”, step by step
indentment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indent | A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a... |
| 2 | Middle English | indenten | to dent in |
| 3 | Old French | endenter | to provide with teeth |
| 4 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 5 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 6 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |