English
indigo
Indigo may come from Spanish índigo.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentíndigouncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1846indigo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentíndigouncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1846indigo
Earliest quotation: 1846, editorial staff, Growing Cotton: “A Southern planter has been sowing indigo and cotton…”
Linked words
through Spanish índigo
Today it means
noun A purplish-blue color.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish índigo / indigo