Where does “in-” come from?

in- (English) comes 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.

in- (English): in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...

Definitions

  1. in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...

Ancestry of “in-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “in-”

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in- — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer