Where does “buy into” come from?
buy into (English) comes from English into, from Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
buy into (English): To believe; to accept a craze or fad as valid; To...
Definitions
- To believe; to accept a craze or fad as valid; To...
Ancestry of “buy into”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | into | To or towards the inside of; To or towards the... |
| 2 | Middle English | in-to | into |
| 3 | Old English | intō | — |
| 4 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |