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Where does “aimen” come from?

aimen (Middle English) comes from Old French asmer, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “aimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchasmer—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aimen”

  • aim
  • aiming
  • aimlessly
  • aimless
  • aimer
  • aimlessness
  • aimable
  • aimest
  • aimeth
  • aimfully
  • aimful
  • misaim
  • unaimable
  • aimbot
  • aim-crier
  • aimworthy
  • aimworthiness
  • unaiming
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →