Where does “indium” come from?
Indium comes from German Indigo, Spanish índigo, Latin indicus, Ancient Greek ἰνδικός meaning "of India," from Ἰνδία referring to India, ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु.
indium (English): A chemical element with an atomic number of 49:...
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- A chemical element with an atomic number of 49:...
Ancestry of “indium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Indigo | indigo, a dye; "Indigofera", plant traditionally... |
| 2 | Spanish | índigo | indigo; indigo plant |
| 3 | Latin | indicum | genitive plural of index; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | Indicus | of India |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἰνδικός | — |
| 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 | — |
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