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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *i-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪn.dɛ]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.de]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''inde''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed from Old Latin ⟨im⟩, ⟨em⟩ “then, there”, a case form of the pronoun [[is]] (compare [[illim]] and [[interim]]), with the demonstrative suffix ⟨-de⟩ seen in ⟨quamde⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The pronoun goes back to [[ine-pro|*(h₁)i-|t=he, she, it]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found from Plautus on:^(Köbler 2010) ''ille in balineās itūrust, inde hūc veniet posteā'', “he is going to the baths; from there he will come here afterwards”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ ''Inde'' means “from there, thence”, also of separation (“away from there”) and of the point from which a distance or boundary is measured.^(OLD 2012) Of time it means “from then on” (often ''iam inde''), and in a sequence “next, then” (also ''inde locī'').^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) ''Hinc … inde'' means “on one side … on the other”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ With verbs of taking and seeking it names a source, “from that (place, person or thing)”.^(OLD 2012) It is the base of ''[[deinde]]'', ''[[exinde]]'', ''[[proinde]]'' and ''[[subinde]]''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''neque inde umquam … āfuerim'', “nor have I ever been away from there”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan: ''hinc Dācus, premat inde Getēs'', “let the Dacian press on this side, the Getan on that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # From that place, [[m|en|thence]], from there.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Away from there.^(OLD 2012)
+ # From that point (of a distance or boundary).^(OLD 2012)
+ # From that time, from then on.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # Next, then;^(OLD 2012) [[m|en|thereafter]].^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''hinc … inde'', on one side … on the other.^(OLD 2012)
+ # From that source.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[abinde]]
+ * [[exinde]]
+ * [[indidem]]
+ * [[perinde]]
+ * [[proinde]]
+ * [[subinde]]
+ * [[utrinde]]
+ * [[deinde]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[is]]
+ * [[hinc]]
+ * [[unde]]
+ * [[illinc]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}