indent

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdēns
2. Old French · derived fromendenter“to cut notches into”
3. Middle English · inherited fromindenten“to dent in”
4. English todayindent

Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.

Words from the same roots