Where does “en” come from?
en (French) comes from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
en (French): in; to; by
Ancestry of “en”, step by step
en traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | en | on; on to |
| 2 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin inde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inde | thence, from there; from, since; thenceforth |
| 2 | Old Latin | em | then, there; The name of the letter "M"; of... |