Etymograph

English

indignify

Indignify comes from Latin indignus ‘unworthy’, from dignus ‘worthy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-noreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dek-no-reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdignus‘worthy’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindignus‘unworthy’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1595indignify

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-noreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dek-no-reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdignus‘worthy’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindignus‘unworthy’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1595indignify

Earliest quotation: 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Colin Clouts Come Home Againe: “Therefore , in closure of a thankful mind ,…”

Formed from -fy

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’

doctor, document, decent, tail, decoration, doctrine, decor, paradox, dogma, docile, dodo, doctrinal, fonda, décor, dox, docent, 55 more

through Latin dignus ‘worthy’

dignity, disdain, dainty, deign, dignitary, digne, 8 more

Today it means

verb To undignify

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- / indignify

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