English
Indo
Indo comes from Dutch Indo ‘a person of partially native Indonesian and…’, and goes back to Indo-Europeaan.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentIndo-Europeaan‘Indonesian-European’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentIndo‘a person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Dutchc. 1500–presentIndo-Europeaan‘Indonesian-European’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentIndo‘a person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Dutch Indo-Europeaan
Today it means
noun A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially (historical) a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch Indo-Europeaan / Indo