Where does “in-to” come from?
in-to (Middle English) comes from Old English intō, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
in-to (Middle English): into
Ancestry of “in-to”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | intō | — |
| 2 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “in-to”