indigence

English

Etymology

Middle English, late 14th century, from Old French indigence (13th century), from Latin indigentia, from indigentem, form of indigere (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egere (“be in need, want”).[1]

Only relation to antonym affluence is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ence.

Noun

indigence (countable and uncountable, plural indigences)

  1. extreme poverty or destitution

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References

  1. ↑ “indigence” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

French

Noun

indigence f (plural indigences)

  1. indigence

Old French

Etymology

Latin indigentia.

Noun

indigence f (oblique plural indigences, nominative singular indigence, nominative plural indigences)

  1. indigence (poverty; lacking)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (indigence, supplement)
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