Etymology

Indianisation

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Today it means: The act, process or result of Indianising. Full definition →

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

  1. Old FrenchInde
  2. Anglo-Normanindien
  3. Middle EnglishIndien
  4. EnglishIndian
  5. English todayIndianisation

From Indian + -isation.

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