Where does “inrush” come from?

Inrush is a English compound of in- and rush, where the prefix in- derives from Middle English in-, Latin in-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ne, en, and oyd-.

inrush (English): A crowding or flooding in; The initial flow of...

Definitions

  1. A crowding or flooding in; The initial flow of...

Ancestry of “inrush”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én