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Where does “import” come from?

import (Dutch) comes from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, from Latin importō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

import (Dutch): Geographical import; A person or people who...

Definitions

  1. Geographical import; A person or people who...

Ancestry of “import”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimportSomething brought in from an exterior source,...
2Middle Englishimporten—
3Old Frenchemporter—
4Latinimportō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “import”

  • importbruid
  • importbruidegom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →