Where does “indite” come from?

Indite comes from English indite, from French -ite, from Latin -ites, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts.

indite (English): To physically make letters and words on a writing...

Definitions

To physically make letters and words on a writing...

Ancestry of “indite”, step by step

indite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English enditen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	enditen	—
2	Old French	enditer	Alternative form of enditier
3	Late Latin	indicto	dative masculine singular of indictus; dative...
4	Latin	indictus	declared, proclaimed, published, announced,...
5	Latin	dictus	said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
6	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
7	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
8	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
10	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
11	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12	Latin	calceus	shoe
13	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
14	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English indium

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	indium	A chemical element with an atomic number of 49:...
2	German	Indigo	indigo, a dye; "Indigofera", plant traditionally...
3	Spanish	índigo	indigo; indigo plant
4	Latin	indicum	genitive plural of index; inflection of...
5	Latin	Indicus	of India
6	Ancient Greek	ἰνδικός	Indian, Indic
7	Ancient Greek	Ἰνδία	—
8	Ancient Greek	Ἰνδός	an inhabitant of India or the Indian...
9	Old Persian	𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁	India; people living beyond the Indus
10	Sanskrit	सिन्धु	a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea
11	Proto-Indo-Aryan	síndʰuṣ	river, ocean; flow
12	Proto-Indo-Iranian	síndʰuš	river, stream
13	Sanskrit	सिन्धु॑	—

Words derived from “indite”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →