Where does “im-” come from?

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

im- (Italian): Alternative form of in-; into, in

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of in-; into, in

Ancestry of “im-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianin-un-; in-; a-
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “im-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →