English
indoles
Indoles comes from Latin indolēs ‘inborn quality, nature’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindolēs‘inborn quality, nature’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673indoles
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindolēs‘inborn quality, nature’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673indoles
Earliest quotation: 1673, Obadiah Walker, Of education: “He must be treated as the Brachmans did their…”
Every English word from Latin indolēs
Today it means
noun Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin indolēs / indoles