Where does “ink” come from?
Ink comes from Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον, ultimately from Ancient Greek καίω meaning to burn.
ink (English): A pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing...
Definitions
- A pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing...
Ancestry of “ink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ynke | ink |
| 2 | Old French | enque | ink |
| 3 | Latin | encaustum | the purple-red ink used by the later Roman... |
| 4 | Latin | encaustus | burned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἔγκαυστος | burned in |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |