What language is the word Indigo from?

Question

The element, Indium, comes from the word Indigo, and I need to know what language, Indium, was from, and since Indium comes from Indigo, what language did Indigo come from?

Answer 1

[IND(IGO) + –IUM (so called from the indigo-blue lines in its spectrum).]


Indigo dye is an important dyestuff with a distinctive blue color. The chemical compound that constitutes the indigo dye is called indigotin.

The word indigotin derives from the Indian source of the blue dye, known to the Greeks as indikos and to the Romans as indicum.

Answer 2

latin