Where does “indigent” come from?

indigent (French) comes from Latin indigēns, from Latin indigeo, from Latin indu-, from Latin indu, from Old Latin endo, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

indigent (French): (very) poor, needy, destitute

Definitions

(very) poor, needy, destitute

Ancestry of “indigent”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	indigēns	needing, wanting, requiring, desiring, lacking
2	Latin	indigeo	I need, want, require, lack; I long for, desire
3	Latin	indu-	within, in; inside
4	Latin	indu	Archaic form of in; in, within
5	Old Latin	endo	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁n̥dó	into, inside
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “indigent”

indijar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó →Every word from Old Latin endo →