Where does “indigence” come from?
indigence (Middle English) comes from Old French indigence, from Latin indigentia, from Latin indigentem, from Latin indigēre, from Latin indu, from Old Latin endo, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “indigence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | indigence | indigence poverty; lacking |
| 2 | Latin | indigentia | need, want, lack, indigence; nominative neuter... |
| 3 | Latin | indigentem | accusative masculine singular of indigēns;... |
| 4 | Latin | indigēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | indu | Archaic form of in; in, within |
| 6 | Old Latin | endo | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dó | into, inside |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |