indigence

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndɪd͡ʒəns/

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indigence (countable and uncountable, plural indigences)

1. extreme poverty or destitution

• indigency

• affluence

• indigent

From Latin indigentia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term..

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s/

indigence f (plural indigences)

1. indigence

• “indigence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin indigentia.

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

1. indigence (poverty; lacking)

• English: indigence
• French: indigence

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (indigence, supplement)