From Latin 'index' (pointer, forefinger, list), from PIE *deyk- (to show) — same root as 'digit' and 'indicate.'
An alphabetical list of names, subjects, or references in a book, pointing to the pages where they appear; more broadly, any indicator, pointer, or systematic arrangement used to locate information.
From Latin 'index' (genitive: 'indicis'), meaning 'pointer, indicator, sign, list, catalogue,' literally 'one who points out,' from 'indicāre' (to point out, to show), itself composed of 'in-' (toward) and a root related to 'dīcere' (to say, to point) and 'digitus' (finger). The PIE root is *deyḱ- meaning 'to show, to point out.' The connection between pointing, showing, saying, and
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