Where does “instill” come from?

Instill comes from Latin instillo, formed from the prefix in- and the verb stillo, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning "in."

instill (English): To cause a quality to become part of someone's...

Definitions

  1. To cause a quality to become part of someone's...

Ancestry of “instill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininstilloI drop in; I instil, inspire
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “instill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →