Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “indempnite” come from?

indempnite (Middle English) comes from Middle French indemnité, from Latin indemnitas, from Latin indemnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “indempnite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchindemnitéinsurance payment
2Latinindemnitassecurity from damage or loss, indemnity
3Latinindemnisunhurt, uninjured
4Latinin- -is—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →