Where does “indin” come from?
indin (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.
indin (English): A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with...
Definitions
- A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with...
Ancestry of “indin”, step by step
indin 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 | — |