The story
- Latin · derived fromindigēns
- Old French · derived fromindigent
- Middle English · inherited fromindigent
- English todayindigent
From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.