Index

What “Index” means

Noun

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
2. The index finger; the forefinger.
3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
4. A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Verb

1. To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
2. To inventory; to take stock.
3. To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
4. To measure by an associated value.
5. To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin indexder. English index From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate.

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