Where does “indigent” come from?

indigent (Latin) comes 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 (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

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third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “indigent”, step by step

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

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