Where does “en-” come from?

en- (Ido) comes from Ido en, 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): prefix indicating in

Definitions

  1. prefix indicating in

Ancestry of “en-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoenin
2Frenchenin; to; by
3Middle Frenchenon; on to
4Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “en-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →