English
indication
Indication comes from Latin indicātiō ‘a showing, indicating the value of something’, from dīcō ‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déyḱeti‘to be pointing out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*deikō‘to show, indicate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīcō‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindex‘a pointer, indicator’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicō‘point out, indicate, show’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicātiō‘a showing, indicating the value of something’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indication
- Englishearliest quotation 1627indication
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*déyḱeti‘to be pointing out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*deikō‘to show, indicate’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīcō‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindex‘a pointer, indicator’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicō‘point out, indicate, show’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicātiō‘a showing, indicating the value of something’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indication
- Englishearliest quotation 1627indication
Earliest quotation: 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History: “For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to…”
Equivalent to indicate + -ion
Latin dicō ‘to declare, (originally) to point’
Latin indicō ‘to point out, indicate’
Latin indicātus ‘indicated, pointed out’
English indicate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’
teach, toe, token, digit, paradigm, syndicate, tache, syndicalism, 45 more
through Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’
contradiction, interdiction, 18 more
through Latin dīcō ‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’
predict, preach, dictionary, addict, dictator, ditto, contradictory, dictate, dedication, contradict, dedicate, predicament, ditty, predicate, dictum, interdict, diction, dict, 25 more
through Latin index ‘a pointer, indicator’
through Latin indicō ‘point out, indicate, show’
Today it means
noun An act of pointing out or indicating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- / indication