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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

  1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a...

Ancestry of “indicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindicatusindicated, pointed out, shown, having been...
2LatinindicoI indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,...
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “indicate”

  • contraindicate
  • indicatory
  • indicateth
  • counterindicate
  • contraindicatory
  • indicatable
  • indicatest
  • subindicate
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