Etymology

indexical

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English index ← Latin index
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Old Latinen
  4. Latinin
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
  7. Proto-Italic*deikō
  8. Latindīcō
  9. Latinindex
  10. Englishindex
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. English todayindexical

From index + -ical.

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