Where does “instint” come from?
instint (Catalan) comes from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
instint (Catalan): instinct
Ancestry of “instint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnstinctus | — |
| 2 | Latin | instinguo | to incite, to instigate |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |