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Where does “indigente” come from?

indigente (Italian) 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.

indigente (Italian): poor, indigent, needy; needy person

Definitions

  1. poor, indigent, needy; needy person

Ancestry of “indigente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindigēns—
2LatinindigeoI need, want, require, lack; I long for, desire
3Latinindu-within, in; inside
4LatininduArchaic form of in; in, within
5Old Latinendoin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dóinto, inside
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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