English
Ind
Ind comes from Middle French Inde, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός ‘the Indus river’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš.
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*síndʰuš‘river’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*híndušreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhiⁿdūštransliteratedoriginal script hiⁿdūš, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸνδός‘the Indus river’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸνδία
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIndia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Inde
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600Ind
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*síndʰuš‘river’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*híndušreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhiⁿdūštransliteratedoriginal script hiⁿdūš, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸνδός‘the Indus river’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸνδία
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIndia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Inde
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600Ind
Earliest quotation: c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: “From the east to western Ind, / No jewel…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek Ἰνδία
Today it means
name India; the East.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.