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

  1. from the adverb in; prepended to a noun or...

Ancestry of “in-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchin-in-; un-
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “in-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én