Where does “en-” come from?

en- (English) comes from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

en- (English): in, into, on, onto; covered; caused

Definitions

  1. in, into, on, onto; covered; caused

Ancestry of “en-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishen-en-, in-
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “en-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →