Old English · proper noun
Indea
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
Meaning
India
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor. Latin Indiabor. Old English Indea Borrowed from Latin India, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
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