Where does “im-” come from?

im- (French) comes from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

im- (French): a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"...

Definitions

  1. a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"...

Ancestry of “im-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
2Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
3Proto-Italicenin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “im-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →