Where does “indiedom” come from?
indiedom (English) comes from English indie, from English independent, from French indépendant, from French dépendant, from French dépendre, from Italian dipendere, from Spanish depender, from Latin dependeo — afterwards, post; by, at.
indiedom (English): The realm or sphere of indie music, films, video...
Definitions
- The realm or sphere of indie music, films, video...
Ancestry of “indiedom”, step by step
indiedom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indie | Independent; from outside the mainstream; An... |
| 2 | English | independent | Not dependent; not contingent or depending on... |
| 3 | French | indépendant | independent |
| 4 | French | dépendant | present participle of dépendre; dependent;... |
| 5 | French | dépendre | to depend |
| 6 | Italian | dipendere | to depend (on something), to be up to (someone), to hang (on), to come from, to be due to |
| 7 | Spanish | depender | to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to... |
| 8 | Latin | dependeo | I hang down, from or on; I wait for; I am... |
| 9 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 10 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 11 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 12 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |