Where does “in-” come from?
in- (Dutch) comes from French in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
in- (Dutch): from the adverb in; prepended to a noun or...
Definitions
- from the adverb in; prepended to a noun or...
Ancestry of “in-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | in- | in-; un- |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |