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Where does “indigence” come from?

indigence (French) comes from Old French indigence, from Latin indigentia, from Latin indigentem, from Latin indigēre, from Latin indu, from Old Latin endo, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

indigence (French): indigence

Definitions

  1. indigence

Ancestry of “indigence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchindigenceindigence
2Latinindigentianeed, want, lack, indigence; nominative neuter...
3Latinindigentemaccusative masculine singular of indigēns;...
4Latinindigēre—
5LatininduArchaic form of in; in, within
6Old Latinendoin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dóinto, inside
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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