indorse

Meaning

Alternative form of endorse

Synonyms

endorse

back

🔙

second

2nd

support

sustain

sponsor

plunk for

approve

certify

plump for

back up

bear

🐻

bear out

bolster

boost

brace

brace up

buoy

buttress

carry

clear

commend

confirm

do well

espouse

honor

pass

patronage

pay

💸

pay off

prop

prop up

receive

recognise

recognize

reinforce

rest

reward

sanction

stand by

stick

subsidise

subsidize

subvention

take

take up

trellis

truss

undergird

underlay

underpin

undertake

underwrite

had best

stick by

lumber with

rule in

subvent

accept

🉑

acknowledge

adhere

admit

adopt

advocate

allow

applaud

approbate

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: endosse

In summary

Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’; at the same time the ‘e’ (French) was changed to ‘i’ (Latin) (in-, rather than en-). Note that the alternative form endorse is now more common, retaining the restored ‘r’ but reverting to the initial ‘e’, rather than the Latinate ‘i’.