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

Definitions

  1. into

Ancestry of “in-to”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishintōinto
2Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
3Proto-West Germanic*in—
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “in-to”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →
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