Where does “en” come from?

en (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

en (Galician): in; When preceding a complement of a verb it can...

Definitions

  1. in; When preceding a complement of a verb it can...

Ancestry of “en”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenin
2Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “en”

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