Where does “into” come from?
into (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian o, from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “into”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ligurian | o | the |
| 2 | Latin | illum | accusative masculine singular of ille |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |