Where does “instillment” come from?

instillment (English) comes from English instill, from Latin instillo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

instillment (English): The act of instilling, or that which is instilled

Definitions

  1. The act of instilling, or that which is instilled

Ancestry of “instillment”, step by step

instillment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English instill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinstillTo cause a quality to become part of someone's...
2LatininstilloI drop in; I instil, inspire
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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