Where does “into” come from?
Into comes from Old English intō, composed of the prefix in- meaning "in" and tō meaning "to."
into (English): To or towards the inside of; To or towards the...
Definitions
- To or towards the inside of; To or towards the...
Ancestry of “into”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | in-to | into |
| 2 | Old English | intō | into |
| 3 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “into”