Where does “indigoberry” come from?
indigoberry (English) comes from English indigo, from Dutch indigo, from Latin indicum, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.
indigoberry (English): Any of the genus Randia of shrubs and small trees
Definitions
- Any of the genus Randia of shrubs and small trees
Ancestry of “indigoberry”, step by step
indigoberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English indigo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indigo | A purplish-blue colour; An indigo-colored dye... |
| 2 | Dutch | indigo | The colour indigo; indigo-coloured |
| 3 | Latin | indicum | genitive plural of index; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | Indicus | of India |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἰνδικός | Indian, Indic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 9 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 12 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |