Where does “indicatif” come from?

indicatif (Middle French) comes from Late Latin indicativus, from Latin indico, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “indicatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinindicativusindicative
2LatinindicoI indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,...
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “indicatif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →