Where does “indicatif” come from?
indicatif (French) comes from Latin indicativus, from Latin indicō, from Latin index, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
indicatif (French): indicative
Definitions
- indicative
Ancestry of “indicatif”, step by step
indicatif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin indicativus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | indicativus | indicative |
| 2 | Latin | indicō | to indicate, point out; show, manifest, discover |
| 3 | Latin | index | A pointer, indicator; The index finger,... |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old French indicatif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | indicatif | indicative |
| 2 | Late Latin | indicativus | indicative |
| 3 | Latin | indico | I indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |