Etymology

Anglo-Indian

Today it means: A person with mixed Indian and English or British ancestry. Full definition →

English Indian ← Middle English Indien ← Anglo-Norman indien
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The story

  1. EnglishAnglo-
  2. Old FrenchInde
  3. Anglo-Normanindien
  4. Middle EnglishIndien
  5. EnglishIndian
  6. English todayAnglo-Indian

From Anglo- + Indian.

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