Where does “indicate” come from?
Indicate comes from Latin indicatus, past participle of indico, composed of the prefix in- and dicō, meaning to point out or make known.
indicate (English): To point out; to discover; to direct to a...
Definitions
- To point out; to discover; to direct to a...
Ancestry of “indicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | indicatus | indicated, pointed out, shown, having been... |
| 2 | Latin | indico | I indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,... |
| 3 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |