Where does “in-” come from?

in- (Catalan) comes from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

in- (Catalan): in-; un- reversal of meaning or lack of an attribute

Definitions

  1. in-; un- reversal of meaning or lack of an attribute

Ancestry of “in-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīn-un-, non-, not
2Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “in-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →