Where does “indigo” come from?
indigo (Italian) comes from Italian indigere, from Latin indigeo, from Latin indu-, from Latin indu, from Old Latin endo, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
indigo (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “indigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | indigere | to have need |
| 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 |