Etymology

Indianism

In·di·an·ism
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Today it means: A word or phrase peculiar to a language spoken in India, such as Indian English. Full definition →

English Indian ← Middle English Indien ← Anglo-Norman indien
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  1. Old FrenchInde
  2. Anglo-Normanindien
  3. Middle EnglishIndien
  4. EnglishIndian
  5. English todayIndianism

From Indian + -ism. First attested in 1651.

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