Where does “indie” come from?
indie (Portuguese) comes from English indie, from English independent, from French indépendant, from French dépendant, from French dépendre, from Italian dipendere, from Spanish depender, from Latin dependeo — afterwards, post; by, at.
indie (Portuguese): indie
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Ancestry of “indie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indie | Independent; from outside the mainstream; An... |
| 2 | English | independent | Not dependent; not contingent or depending on... |
| 3 | French | indépendant | independent |
| 4 | French | dépendant | present participle of dépendre; dependent;... |
| 5 | French | dépendre | to depend |
| 6 | Italian | dipendere | to depend (on something), to be up to (someone), to hang (on), to come from, to be due to |
| 7 | Spanish | depender | to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to... |
| 8 | Latin | dependeo | I hang down, from or on; I wait for; I am... |
| 9 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 10 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 11 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 12 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |