Etymograph

English

Indology

From Indo- + -logy.

Formed from Indo + logy

Dutch Indo-Europeaan ‘Indonesian-European’

Dutch Indo ‘a person of partially native Indonesian and…’

English Indo

Dutch log ‘heavy, dull’

English logy

Today it means

noun The academic study of the history, culture, and languages of India, the Indian subcontinent, and (often) of South Asia entirely.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Indology