Etymology

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Today it means: Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants. Full definition →

Latin Indicus ← Ancient Greek Ἰνδικός (Indikós) ← Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*síndʰuš
  2. Sanskritसिन्धु॑ (síndhu)
  3. Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)
  4. Ancient GreekἸνδός (Indós)
  5. Ancient GreekἸνδία (Indía)
  6. Ancient GreekἸνδικός (Indikós)
  7. LatinIndicus
  8. English todayIndic

From Latin Indicus from Ancient Greek Ἰνδικός (Indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía) + -ικός (-ikós). By surface analysis, India + -ic. Doublet of indigo.

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