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Where does “intrust” come from?

Intrust comes from English trust with the prefix in- from Latin in-, related to the Latin preposition in meaning "in," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."

intrust (English): Alternative form of entrust

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of entrust

Ancestry of “intrust”, 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 →