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
- Alternative form of entrust
Ancestry of “intrust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 2 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 3 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 4 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |