The story
- Latin · derived fromindignātiō
- Old French · derived fromindignation
- Middle English · inherited fromindignacioun
- English todayindignation
From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.
Words from the same roots
Latinindignātiō all →
indignatio
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.