Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn alphabetical listing of items and their location. · The index finger; the forefinger. · A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc. · A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin indexder. English index From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate.
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