Where does “indenturee” come from?
indenturee (English) comes from English indenture, from French endenture, from Old French endenteure, from Old French endenter, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
indenturee (English): A person who is indentured (bound under a contract)
Definitions
- A person who is indentured (bound under a contract)
Ancestry of “indenturee”, step by step
indenturee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indenture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indenture | A contract which binds a person to work for... |
| 2 | French | endenture | — |
| 3 | Old French | endenteure | — |
| 4 | Old French | endenter | to provide with teeth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |