Where does “endyèn” come from?

endyèn (Haitian Creole) comes from French indien, from Middle French indien, from Old French indien, from Old French Inde, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.

endyèn (Haitian Creole): printed calico

Definitions

  1. printed calico

Ancestry of “endyèn”, step by step

endyèn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French indien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchindienIndian
2Middle Frenchindien
3Old FrenchindienIndian
4Old FrenchIndeIndia
5LatinIndia
6Ancient GreekἸνδία
7Ancient GreekἸνδόςan inhabitant of India or the Indian...
8Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
9Sanskritसिन्धुa river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea
10Proto-Indo-Aryansíndʰuṣriver, ocean; flow
11Proto-Indo-Iraniansíndʰušriver, stream
12Sanskritसिन्धु॑

via French indienne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchindienneprinted calico
Every word from Sanskrit सिन्धु॑
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