Where does “im-” come from?

im- (English) comes from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

im- (English): Expressing negation; not; Alternative form of the...

Definitions

  1. Expressing negation; not; Alternative form of the...

Ancestry of “im-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “im-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →