Etymology

indicate

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Today it means: To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. Full definition →

Latin indicātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromindicātus
  2. English todayindicate

Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.

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