Where does “indigent” come from?

Indigent comes from Latin indigens, the present participle of indigere meaning to lack or need, from in- and egere to be in want, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én.

indigent (English): Poor; destitute; in need; Utterly lacking or in...

Definitions

  1. Poor; destitute; in need; Utterly lacking or in...

Ancestry of “indigent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindigensneeding, wanting, requiring, desiring, lacking
2Latinindigerepresent active infinitive of indigeō; to need
3LatinindigeoI need, want, require, lack; I long for, desire
4Latinindu-within, in; inside
5LatininduArchaic form of in; in, within
6Old Latinendoin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dóinto, inside
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “indigent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dóEvery word from Old Latin endo