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

aimen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French asmer

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	asmer	—
2	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
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 Old French esmer

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	esmer	to estimate; to work out through thought; to...
2	Latin	aestimō	to determine the value of something; value, price, rate, appraise, assess; estimate, reckon, consider, judge
3	Latin	aestumo	to value, rate, esteem

via Old French aesmer

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	aesmer	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →