Where does “ingrained” come from?

Ingrained comes from Middle English ingrained, from French en grain meaning "in the grain," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "made" or "done."

ingrained (English): Being an element; present in the essence of a...

Definitions

  1. Being an element; present in the essence of a...

Ancestry of “ingrained”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
2Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
3Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

Words derived from “ingrained”

Every word from Old English -ed →Every word from English -ed →Every word from Middle English -ed →