Where does “indole” come from?
indole (Italian) comes from Latin indolēs, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
indole (Italian): nature, disposition, character
Definitions
- nature, disposition, character
Ancestry of “indole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | indolēs | — |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |