Where does “en” come from?

en (Ido) comes from French en, 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 (Ido): in

Definitions

  1. in

Ancestry of “en”, step by step

en traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenin; to; by
2Middle Frenchenon; on to
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Spanish en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen

Words derived from “en

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én