Where does “il-” come from?

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

il- (English): not; a form of the prefix in-, used before "l"

Definitions

  1. not; a form of the prefix in-, used before "l"

Ancestry of “il-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “il-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →