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/ˈɪndeks/IN-deks
/ˈɪndɛks/IN-deks
Meaningto point out
Common meaning: a list for finding things
Other meanings: a pointer
- indexto point outSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 260 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√DA‘know’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 145, p. 735 · scan
- Latinindicare‘to point out’source
- Latinmeaning shiftsto point out → one who points outindex‘one who points out’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsone who points out → a list for finding thingsindex‘a list for finding things’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin indicare ‘to point out’.
Roots
- indicare Latin “to point out”
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