Where does “inhibit” come from?
Inhibit comes from Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibeo, composed of the prefix in- and a root from Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning "not."
inhibit (English): To hold in or hold back; to keep in check;...
Definitions
- To hold in or hold back; to keep in check;...
Ancestry of “inhibit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inhibitus | restrained, inhibited |
| 2 | Latin | inhibeō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inhibit”