Where does “indijines” come from?
indijines (Tok Pisin) comes from English indigenous, from Latin indigenus, from Proto-Italic *endogenos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
indijines (Tok Pisin): indigenous
Ancestry of “indijines”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | indigenous | Born or originating in, native to a land or... |
| 2 | Latin | indigenus | native, indigenous; native, denizen |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *endogenos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |