Where does “ir-” come from?

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

ir- (English): Used for expressing negation; not

Definitions

  1. Used for expressing negation; not

Ancestry of “ir-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinir-Alternative form of in-; un-
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ir-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →