Where does “insinuate” come from?

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

insinuate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

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second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “insinuate”, step by step

insinuate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian insinuare

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	insinuare	to slip or slide; to insinuate
2	Latin	īnsinuō	to put, place, or thrust into the bosom
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Italian insinuato

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	insinuato	past participle of insinuare

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