Where does “ent” come from?
ent (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ente, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
ent (Dutch): graft
Ancestry of “ent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | ente | — |
| 2 | Old French | enter | — |
| 3 | Latin | imputō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |